On this day, they finally saw the true face of Iwajo.

Deng Hao asked the whole team to get up at Yin, an hour earlier than usual. The so-called "Wangshan runs dead horses", they see the rock city in the distance, but they still have to walk for more than half a day to reach it. Now that you have entered the boundary of Iwaki City, the scenery within your vision is immediately different. The trees, flowers, pits, and slopes that are greasy to look at are almost gone. In its place, there are green fields one after another, acre after acre, mountain after mountain.

Tea fields as far as the eye can see. The tea fields that seem to be singing in the breeze, and the tea fields that welcome guests with smiling faces under the sun and rain. As far as the eye can see, the mountains and slopes are all tender and green, and countless tea trees are lined up in neat lines, like giant green silkworm babies lying in the mountains, wriggling and moving under the teasing of the wind. Only before such a beautiful scenery can we realize that the power of mortals is actually great.

In front of the endless tea fields, in front of the Yunhu caravan, there was a large stone hugged by seven or eight people, and the front was cut off by a sword, and two big characters were engraved: Rock City. The writer should be writing with a sword, and the sword intent between the iron hook and silver strokes is vertical and horizontal, and the murderous spirit is clear.

Wow, is it necessary, do you still have to write the words on this boundary card so murderously to scare the caravans coming and going? Ning Xiaoxian stuck out his tongue, Mr. Yan saw it next to him, and Wen Yan smiled: "This is the handwriting of the previous head of the Qingxu Sect." The large stone that acts as a boundary sign is itself the 'Ding'an Pillar' of the entire Iwaki Castle, and it is said that the stone is used as a treasure for the town boundary to deter youkai and prevent them from coming to cause trouble. ”

The range of Iwaki seems to be huge, and this big stone can hold it?" What is it?" Can you consider coming back and prying it away?

"It is rumored that it is the 'sword intent' of the head of Qingxu. At that time, he had already cultivated to the peak of the refining period. The clutch is just one foot away. The sword intent he unleashed, of course, made Xiao Xiao dare not force the tiger whiskers. ”

What is the sword intent? She blinked, admitting that her realm was not enough to understand. She has a good habit of not thinking about things that she can't think of anymore. Changtian smiled and said, "This sword intent is nothing more than that." Let me out, and I'll send him off. ”

He's in a good mood. Think about it, Changtian likes to drink tea, and what they have arrived now is the famous tea town of Nanzhan Buzhou!

The height of Iwaki Castle is actually not very high, about 400 zhang away. The equivalent altitude is about 1,300 meters. However, along the way, the ground they saw was red soil, and the soil was mainly acidic, which was suitable for the growth of tea. Ning Xiaoxian had read the introduction in a magazine before, saying that tea is an alkaline plant, but it prefers to grow on acidic soil, and the general reason has been forgotten. But look at the environment of Iwaki City, where the ground is humid and cloudy all year round. It's really very suitable for the growth of tea trees.

During a long journey on the road, Deng Hao once introduced her to the characteristics of Yancheng tea - the tea here may not be the best quality in Quannan Zhanbuzhou, but it is definitely the earliest!

Because of the relationship between water, land and gas, or some other reason. It's only September now, and the first batch of autumn tea in Iwaki is about to be picked and fried. Tea from other parts of the continent will not be harvested until the end of October. This is in between. But there is a time difference of more than a month!

Time is money, and that's a truth that can be found in any world. For example. Shui Yun just bought the authentic Yunxiao loquat home before writing today, and the price per catty is thirteen yuan soft sister coins. But half a month ago, you have to spend 20 yuan to buy it, if you want to eat this kind of yin and lungs fruit half a month earlier, before the season, the price of one pound is 35 yuan!

This is the unreasonable profit of the morning market. The advent of the first batch of autumn tea in the whole continent this year is to attract countless caravans to trek through mountains and rivers, overcome thorns and thorns, and do not hesitate to risk crossing the continent where monsters are rampant, and rush to the open secret of Rock City.

According to Deng Hao's experience, if the price of autumn tea purchased in Yancheng is 40 taels of silver per catty, it can be sold for about 300 taels in the Zhongzhou area, and if it is sold farther to the northwest and northeast prefectures and counties, the price can reach an astonishing 670 taels per catty! Of course, the premise is that you have the fate to bring the tea to such a remote place.

However, any goods only need to have 20% of the profits, which can make the world's businessmen ignore the king's law in vain and take risks, not to mention the windfall profits of more than ten times at every turn?

Therefore, it is reasonable that there are more and more caravans gathered on the official road in front of them.

According to Ning Xiaoxian's eyesight, there are currently nearly ten caravans on this official road that have merged and mixed, and new teams are constantly joining in, nodding to each other, looking very friendly. This is easy to understand, after running between the mountains and mountains for several months, maybe there has been a hard struggle with the monsters, and suddenly seeing so many people of the same kind, the sense of security in my heart must arise spontaneously.

She now has five senses, and she can clearly smell the smell of blood and plaster coming from many caravan crowds. It seems that compared with them, the luck of the Cloud Tiger Caravan along the way is not bad, and there are not many attritions.

To her surprise, from the boundary monument to the city, it seems that the road surface is paved with bluestone slabs, although it is not as smooth as the cement pavement of the earth, but at least the road is no longer dusty, and the rain of the previous days will not make the road muddy again. The carriages and horses of the caravan walked from the bumpy mountain road to the bluestone road, and immediately became relaxed and happy, and the faces of the passengers were much more pleasant, and they had a good impression of this rock city in their hearts.

This rock castle is very hospitable. She comes from a modern society and knows the slogan "Build roads before you get rich", but she was surprised that this Iwaki magistrate could realize this. It seems that there is no shortage of talents in any world.

Before the checkpoint, there were as many as seventeen teams mixed together on the official road, forming a mighty long line. Iwaki set up a temporary checkpoint about 300 zhang away from the city to avoid affecting the daily life of the residents in the city, and the passers issued a cyan token. The caravan leader can use this order to gain many benefits in the city.

It seems that the city government has sent additional men to inspect the people and goods of the caravan, so it only took two quarters of an hour for the Yunhu caravan to pass the inspection and be able to move on. But the further he went, the more Ning Xiaoxian felt that the city in front of him was a little weird.

Since it is a "rock castle", it is reasonable to use huge rocks to build it. This was the first city she had ever seen in another world, and the towering exterior walls were all made of large pieces of bluestone polished to square and level, which looked similar to the ancient city walls of Huaxia, and there were also daughter walls and corner towers, but there was no moat she had always wanted to see. Maybe the city here is mainly defended by demons, not human compatriots?

However, the strange thing is that the bluestone of the wall looks different ages, some are moss-stained, dull in color, full of vicissitudes of time, and some are angular, and there are traces of hand-polishing, which seem to be like goods made in recent years. These two are mixed together, repeatedly appearing on the city walls, full of disobedience.

Deng Hao walked in front, and she asked He Xiaojiu this question. This kid has been to Rock City twice with the caravan, and of course he knows more than her: "The history of Rock City is more than 400 years, and since it became a tea city, business has been very good, and it was greatly expanded seven years ago. The area was more than twice as large as the original, the original city wall was demolished and rebuilt, and the materials were not enough, and a lot of newly polished bluestone was added later. He laughed, "I've only been here once since the expansion, and the city is spacious and comfortable, and there are warehouses for caravans to unload goods, which is amazing, and I don't know how many times better than before." ”

Through the wide and thick gates of Guò, the caravan is considered to have entered the rock city. After coming in, she was shocked again:

The central streets of the city are actually straight! The width of the four avenues alone has reached about 100 steps, leading directly to the four city gates, and then the layout of the entire city is basically divided into a square tic-tac-toe, which is really "horizontal and vertical". The benefits of such urban planning are clear at a glance, whether it is freight transportation or military transportation, it is extremely smooth and direct. As she expected, the pavement of the road in the city is also paved with bluestone slabs, which are smoother and more elaborate than the stone slabs outside the city, and the carriages run on it, and even the squeak of the wheels is much quieter.

Before entering the city, a young man in Tsing Yi who was waiting on the side greeted him, and after checking Deng Hao's cyan token, he led the caravan to the tea shop area. Iwaki is famous for its tea, but this tea shop area is not a place to stay for tea, but a place for freight storage. The lord of the castle actually divided the entire northern part of Iwaki City into a freight area, and as long as a caravan came in, he would bring it directly over, and according to the size of the caravan and the number of goods, he would receive a warehouse to store goods. The warehouses basically look exactly the same, only distinguished by numbers on the gates, and each warehouse is guarded by a special person in front of it.

According to this Tsing Yi shop, local merchants and residents can usually rent this tea shop area as a store, or even use it as a store pù storefront to do some small business, and the rent is only about 70% of that of ordinary shops, but when it comes to the harvest season of spring tea and autumn tea, this tea shop area must be unconditionally reclaimed for free use by caravans. Even so, in the off-season of business in Iwaku, the rental rate of this tea shop area can still reach more than 70%.

Even from Ning Xiaoxian's point of view, the planning methods of this tea shop area can be called "professional".

After Deng Hao expanded from Rock City, this was the second time he came, and he took the caravan to lead the warehouse and unload the goods with ease. Since the new tea will not enter the market until four days at the earliest, the next few days will be the free time for the caravan. (To be continued......)