Qingjin City is about more than 200 miles away from Shence General City in a straight line, and considering that it is necessary to cross mountains and mountains, the actual distance down is about several times.

The team walked for half a month to arrive.

Along the way, they encountered three waves of bandits.

Unlike Hua Duxiu's assumption, these robbers who haunted the wilderness were not only ragged and skinny, but all of them were well-armed and imposing.

Even everyone rode horses.

You know, their officers and soldiers rely on two legs to hurry, and these robbers actually have war horses?

It's a ridiculous joke.

However, none of the three waves of bandits launched an attack on this hundred-man team.

Because the cost performance is too low, there is nothing to grab.

Is it worth grabbing those truckloads of food and water? Is it worth grabbing those big black pots?

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers is not weak, don't look at them There are only more than a hundred people, if there is a war, they can immediately transform into the most attacking formation, and severely damage any powerful enemy.

This is different from the contest between martial arts masters, the personal strength of the official army may not be very strong, and even a little fat man like Shen Lijia who looks out of tune can easily defeat a strong warrior, but a hundred people line up in a good formation to attack, then it is not something that a few martial arts masters can resist.

The so-called robbers, if there are fewer people, they are stragglers, that is, a group of ruthless people who rely on personal force to carry out robberies.

There are many people, and once the robbers form a legion, they will be the same as the official army.

The robbers of Snake Valley have long been completely legionalized.

Hua Duxiu looked at the robbers who came and roared away, and she really hated her teeth and her angry hands.

He really wanted to knock these people to the ground and rob them of their horses, so that everyone could hurry up on horseback.

It's too tiring to climb a mountain on two legs.

It's a pity that he can't make a move, he can't get into trouble.

Even before going out of the city, he wanted to buy a few horses to ride, but later found that if everyone else didn't ride horses, the three of them seemed to be a bit of a wooden-show in the forest?

Young Master Hua has suffered too many losses from Mu Xiu Yulin, but if he said that he would give each of these hundred-man team a horse, it would seem to be a bit too big, and it would make these warriors suspicious.

Therefore, everyone simply relied on two iron feet to hurry.

Sometimes, Hua Duxiu even hoped that the robbers she encountered would take the initiative to attack them.

Because the number of robbers in the field is not very large, less than twenty or thirty people, more than forty or fifty people, if you really fight, Young Master Hua has the confidence to lead the warrior brothers to annihilate them (that's right, in this team of 100 people, it turned out that Young Master Hua had the highest official position and was the big leader).

If this annihilates the last few waves, won't everyone have horses to ride?

It's a pity that people don't fight?

The actual leader of the team, the centurion, had a very calm personality and was not distracted by the provocations of the bandits.

Of course, if the robbers really want to do it, this centurion will definitely kill them completely.

Young Master Hua really wanted to quarrel with the robbers for a few words, scare him, seduce him, endure it and endure it, reason still prevails over emotion.

As Lou Qin said, don't make trouble.

It's good to take two steps after two steps, anyway, now that the internal strength is full, I won't be tired of walking for a few days in one breath.

In this way, they rushed all the way to the city of Shence General without panic.

Hua Duxiu originally thought that Qingjin City was very big, but when he arrived at Shence General City, he knew what a big city was.

There is a subordinate city thirty miles away in each of the six directions outside this city, which means that thirty miles outside the city of General Shence is an absolutely safe area.

The area is full of farmland, and Hua Duxiu saw a lot of snake repellents dressed like Mao Mao Yu in robes and hats, and their job was to inspect the snake repellent facilities on the border and hunt down poisonous snakes that broke into the farmland.

After passing through thirty miles of farmland, the team came to the city of General Shence.

The walls of this city are not too high, but the walls are very thick, and even two horse-drawn carriages can run side by side on the wall, which has a very quaint atmosphere.

The scale of this city is so large that it has almost refreshed the three views of Hua Duxiu.

And the number of garrisons in the city made Hua Duxiu even more staggering. The Broken Demon City in the Trapped Demon Valley is big enough, but there are not many garrisons in the city, and the garrisons have special military camps outside the city.

And the garrison of General Shence City is in the city, and even teams of samurai are patrolling the streets, making this giant city look more like a huge barracks.

If you add the six subordinate cities outside, as well as the Free City within a hundred miles that is protected by the Shence General's Mansion, the territory of the Shence General can be said to be quite large.

The team did not stay long, and continued their journey out of the city after replenishing supplies at the post station.

Although the Six Great Generals' Mansions did not obey the orders of the Governor's Palace, after all, they all nominally belonged to the Shenlong Empire, and the post station was open to them.

From the south of General Shence City, he entered a relatively safe area of the Snake Valley. In other words, up to the Shence General City, down to the Longwu General City, with the central Anlin City as the center, within the big circle with a diameter of seven or eight hundred miles, it is equivalent to the area with the strongest government dominance.

Although the Six Generals' Mansion and the Governor's Mansion are not very well dealt with, at least on the surface there is not much conflict.

Unfortunately, this fairly safe area only occupies a third of the entire Snake Valley, and the larger, more remote areas of the Snake Valley are mostly controlled by bandits, except for a few powerful autonomous cities (such as Qingjin City).

But don't think that the robber city is a miasma.

Not.

There is not much difference between a robber city and a self-governing city, the difference is only that you pay lip service to the orders of the Imperial Governor's Palace.

If you listen, it is a self-governing city, and if you don't listen, it is a robber city.

In any case, whether to listen or not to listen is verbal, and where the force of the Governor's Palace cannot be extended, their orders are not carried out.

In the Snake Valley, the bandit legions can only survive for a long time if they combine with the big slave owners and fully protect the farmers and merchants.

These so-called bandits have actually degenerated into a semi-warlord armed group.

Ten days later, they arrived at the city of Anlin.

According to Hua Duxiu's assumption, a Shence General City is so big, wouldn't An Lin City be even bigger?

His thoughts were both right and wrong.

The area of Anlin City is indeed very large, and the population is extremely large, and you can even see many tourists and merchants from other realms here, all of which are very open and prosperous.

But at the same time, the city has no walls, and the buildings are relatively low and dilapidated, far from being as tall and high-grade as the city of General Shence.

Of course, in terms of population and area alone, Anlin City is definitely the largest city in Snake Valley.

After these days of communication, Hua Duxiu, Shen Lijia, and Lei Mingwei have become more familiar.

Hua Duxiu has a very complicated perception of this little fat man.

This is a person with assertiveness and vision, but at the same time, his experience has added a touch of paranoia and madness to his character.

This madness is not to say how arrogant he is, on the contrary, Lei Mingwei is humble and open-minded, but in how to face the dark side of this world, he has a kind of crazy will to face everything with killing.

The centurion led his samurai to the barracks to restore their lives, and Hua Duxiu and the three became free bodies.

According to the previous assumption, they were originally going to walk through the Snake Valley in a stepwise manner.

Arriving at Anlin City, the journey is half complete.

Later, they will find a large caravan, spend money to hook in, and go south with the caravan.

This kind of caravan is heavily guarded by the Doge's Palace, and it is very secure, and there will be many travelers attached to it. But all the travelers walking in the Snake Valley, the eighth floor is a martial arts master, and with them attached, the safety factor of the caravan in the Snake Valley will be higher.

This is a familiar point, after all, he has been visiting relatives back and forth for so many years, and he has walked like this.

After completing the anchorage, the three of them walked on the streets of Anlin City easily.

The streets are full of people, very prosperous, and the people are dressed neatly and neatly, and it is obvious that the standard of living is not bad.

Occasionally, of course, they would see people in rags, often with chains around their necks, walking lifelessly behind a gorgeously dressed man.

It's no surprise that these people are the so-called slaves.

Although they felt pity, the tens of millions of people in the entire Snake Valley, I don't know how many slaves there were, even if they couldn't get used to it, they were helpless, which was far beyond their ability to intervene.

Shen Lijia said: "Two, today I will be the east, let's have a good meal first, and then find a place to take a bath and relax, how about it?"

Hua Duxiu is naturally full of promises, taking a bath is his favorite way to relax, why not?

Lei Mingwei smiled and said: "Okay, Wan San has the final say, anyway, if you have a treat, I don't have so much money to squander." ”

Shen Lijia waved his hand: "It's not a thing, let's go!"

They asked the inn to put down their bags and luggage, inquired with the shopkeeper, and directly found the most distinctive and high-end restaurant in Anlin City.

In fact, the dietary practices of Snake Valley are not much different from those in other realms, except that the dishes are slightly spicy and the meat is more expensive.

After all, the cost of keeping livestock in captivity in Snake Valley is relatively high.

Coming to the box, after ordering the dishes, the three of them drank tea and chatted, and soon, two girls who were only fifteen or sixteen years old came to the box in revealing clothes, knelt down, and knelt down to put the dishes on the tray on the table.

One is placed in the front, one is dragged in the back, etc.

The two girls were thin, small, and seemed to be a little malnourished, but they were dressed like this, and the thin collarbones and long little arms made people feel pity.

If you meet some people with evil thoughts, I am afraid that it will immediately arouse a small diarrhea fire.

Hua Duxiu and the three of them frowned at the same time.

Is it any wonder that the table is so low, it was originally to facilitate the height of the plate after they kneel?

Moreover, these two people were already dressed revealingly, and when they knelt down like this, a large area of snow white on their chests was undoubtedly leaking.

Hua Duxiu said coldly: "Stand up." ”

The two maids were stunned for a moment, looking at Hua Duxiu inexplicably.

Hua Duxiu had no choice but to say again: "Stand up." ”

The maid in front whispered, "Childe, we ...... Can't stand. ”

Hua Duxiu said, "Why?"

The maid said, "Because all the maids in our store serve on their knees, this is our rule here." ”

Hua Duxiu's face was a little ugly, but it was not easy to attack.

Shen Lijia asked, "What are your identities?"

The maid's face darkened, but she still pretended to smile and said, "Hui Gongzi, we ...... It's a slave. ”

Shen Lijia looked the maid up and down, and the more she looked, the more angry she became: "How old are you?"

The maid whispered, "I'm fifteen, she's fourteen." ”

Shen Lijia said: "At such an age, how can you be a slave?"

The maid bowed her head and said, "Because our parents were slaves, we were born ...... It's a slave. ”

Lei Mingwei asked, "Were you bought by the restaurant owner?"

The maid nodded, bowing her head and not daring to speak.

Lei Mingqi sighed softly, waved his hand, and said, "You guys go out." ”

The maid in front plucked up her courage and said, "Three sons, if you need us to accompany you for wine......

Hua Duxiu said categorically: "No need!"

The girl seemed to be startled, seeing that Hua Duxiu and the three of them had unkind faces, so they had to lower their heads and still retreat in a kneeling position.

Hua Duxiu said coldly: "Stand up, stand up and go out!"

The two girls turned pale with fright, looked at each other, wanted to stand but didn't dare to stand.

Lei Mingwei said: "Brother Hua, don't embarrass them, they stand one moment, and the next moment they will kneel when they go to other boxes." ”

After that, Lei Mingwei waved his hand, barely squeezing out a smile: "Three sisters, you go out, I will call you again if necessary." ”

The two girls quickly bowed down and exited the box.

Shen Lijia threw away the chopsticks and said, "I can't eat this rice." ”

Lei Mingwei smiled: "I just said to find a place to eat casually, you have to come to this kind of high-end restaurant." Come on, eat as soon as you order, and don't waste food. ”

"In Snake Valley, it's hard for farmers to grow some food. ”

Hua Duxiu sighed, lifted the chopsticks and put a green vegetable in her mouth, which tasted the same as chewing wax.

Only a quarter of an hour ago, they were all in high spirits, and suddenly they couldn't satisfy their appetite for such a sumptuous and delicate table of wine and food.

Lei Mingzhi said: "In the Snake Valley, every parent and sister of the common people who dare to take a step out of the big city is likely to be taken captive and then become undignified slaves in a distant and strange place. ”

"These young girls are okay, at least they have a 'job' in a good environment. More slaves were sold as animals, doing the lowest jobs in corners that ordinary people could not see, without enough food and clothing, and if they made the slightest mistake, they would be severely beaten and die at any time. ”

Shen Lijia said: "Could it be that in the Governor's Palace, in Anlin City, slaves are also bought and sold openly?"

Lei Mingwei said: "Behind every glamorous city, there are thousands of slaves who pay silently in extremely harsh environments, including Anlin City. ”

Shen Lijia asked, "Isn't the Governor's Mansion supposed to protect the people?"

Lei Mingzhi said solemnly: "The force of the Governor's Palace protects the free people, the people we see on the streets. ”

"Slaves, like animals, are not considered human beings. ”