Chapter 264: Cambridge Impressions
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After solving the series of troubles at hand, Liu Zhenzhen led a group of followers under his command to gather the expeditionary sacrifice group, and after worshipping the god of war Kampas in the main temple.
The royal city of Beamon is located in the northwest corner of the Danube Wilderness, and from a bird's-eye view, the grassy Danube Wilderness reaches Shabak, and if you wind further north, it is a standard dysentery. Due to the barren land, not only could animal husbandry not be carried out, but even the most basic living requirements could not be met, so the further north the whole sacrificial group went, the more rarely populated; In addition to the yellow-brown gravelly surface, dwarf shrubs and jujube bushes, sun-dried dead wood and the bones of wild animals, are the sole owners of this open field.
After a long journey of about fifteen days, the eyes of the sacrifices who had not seen green for many days lit up, and the Cambridge Oasis finally arrived, and the sacrificers who had eaten enough of the wind and sand all the way finally breathed a sigh of relief. Along the way, the chief shaman only had a whip behind them to urge them to hurry, the younger priests were fine, and the older priests were almost not scattered by the carriage sent by the military headquarters.
Seeing a mighty row of carriages appear in view, a desolate and distant snail horn sounded on the towers of the Cambridge Oasis, and a group of about 100 Beamon cavalry rushed out of the city gate, whipped their mounts, and raised a cloud of sand and dust, and rushed towards the chariot formation of the sacrifices.
The chief shaman, Liu Zhenzhen, took off the mask of the cloth cloth of the thief on his face, jumped off the carriage, and shook the sand on the cloth cloth while beckoning all the priests and followers to gather.
“***! Don't grind! Liu Zhenzhen pointed to the chaotic formation of the sacrifices and scolded, and stood up for the chief shaman's shelf.
"Stand still! **! The Fei Lengcui militia was even more pretending to be a fox, and they reprimanded the two hundred sacrificial followers.
Liu Zhenzhen put Helen, Mo'er, Joan of Arc and Sissi out of the carriage, took out the horseshoe wine jug by himself, unscrewed the lid of the pot and poured a large mouthful of rum, fed the fruit standing on the shoulder also fed No. 1, rinsed it in his mouth, and spit all the wine in his mouth on the cracked sand in front of him, and the rich aroma of wine suddenly aroused the envious eyes of countless people around.
"What a beautiful oasis! The desert is so beautiful! Helen pointed to this oasis under the vast sea of sand, smiled and opened her arms, this is about to be the place where she preached, and the natural environment was completely different from Fei Lengcui, which made Helen full of freshness and curiosity.
"If you stay for a long time, it will feel very ordinary." Sissi laughed. Since getting the amplification instrument of the pearl lyre, Xiao Nizi has gradually become less restrained than before. But what followed was a shocking dependence on Liu, and like the little nun, he became the lord's follower.
"It's pretty, I've got to shoot it." As soon as Mo'er said this, the little nun Joan of Arc also lit up, so the two of them took out the Diwei crystal ball together and started shooting in a different direction.
Liu Zhenzhen sorted out his porcupine skin crown and immersed himself in front of this never-before-seen scenery with everyone.
The huge figure of the Taklamagogo Desert, like an ancient monster, quietly lurks on the surface of this land where civilization and barbarism meet, death and life overlap. The boundary between heaven and earth also seems more mysterious and distant here; The Danube Wilderness has come to an official end, and from west to east, low cactus, artemisia and euphorbia vegetation have opened a clear gap between the desert and the land.
Unlike others who patronize and enjoy the scenery, Liu Zhenzhen, out of the instinct of a warrior, did not forget to take out the sheepskin map issued by the military department and compare the terrain here.
Judging from the terrain marked on the map of the military headquarters, because the west and north of the Kingdom of Bimon are adjacent to the ocean, and the source part of the Taklamargo Desert is just sandwiched between these two coasts, one west and one north, which are hundreds of miles long. Topographically, the desert resembles a large pear, with the narrowest pear stalk located at the end of the Cambridge Oasis.
Why the last border garrison point of the Beamon Kingdom is located here, and does not extend to the desert, the reason can be clearly seen from the map, if it extends further to the north, after the desert turns two bends, it will suddenly open up, showing a huge figure that is dozens of times wider than in the field of vision------ in such a vast garrison enough garrison points, not only is there no danger to defend, but also a huge number of logistics supplies and soldiers, which is not something that the Beamon Kingdom can do with a weak national strength.
In Liu Zhenzhen's view, this Taklamago Desert can not only be called the border of Beamon, but also the northwest border of the Aegean continent------ which is also the scope controlled by the Cambridge Oasis.
Although the Taklamago Desert is theoretically not disconnected from the entire continent, the intelligent creatures of the desert have always had little interaction with the Beamon and humans of the entire continent, except for a very small number of commercial contacts, the outside world knows almost nothing about the intelligent creatures living in the Taklamago Desert, the composition of the country, etc., and there is nothing unreasonable to regard this vast desert as another unknown new continent.
Liu Zhenzhen couldn't help sighing, the military map in his hand, although it is claimed to be a top-secret file, is actually nothing too worthy of secrecy, the entire map except for the four new oases explored in last year's battle, only a blank is left, although the trial place of the main priest level is in the Taklamargo Desert, but it seems that there is not too much extension on the map------ of course, Liu Zhenzhen, who is no longer a rookie, naturally will not believe that the golden-robed main priest still needs to try such a nonsense thing.
"Excuse me, is Your Excellency the Divine Comedy Shaman Richard?" A majestic greeting interrupted Liu's shocking thoughts.
A burst of yellow dust flew, and a squadron of Ostrit ostrich warriors grabbed the reins and stopped in front of Liu Zhenzhen in unison, and their mounts ------ blue-necked ostriches about three meters tall cut out deep furrows on the ground with huge claws and the inertia of quickly reining in the reins. A knightly officer with a spear on his shoulder, holding the down feathers on his helmet, bowed to Liu Zhenzhen.
"I am the Divine Comedy shaman Richard, child." Liu Zhenzhen had a good impression of this Ostrit knight. Judging from the riding skills, these ostriches are very elite, and they are worthy of the border troops stationed at the border, but they are slightly longer. Each ostrich cavalry was two meters away, and it was strong enough, but its bare head and the pair of bald wings behind them were far more ugly than the other Bald.
After getting a positive answer, all the ostrich cavalry slapped the neck of the blue-necked ostrich under the seat together, and there was a "wet" sound in their mouths, and the blue-necked ostrich immediately fell to the ground obediently, and all the cavalrymen held their spears, jumped down from the saddle sheath nimbly, lined up neatly in a column, and gave a military salute to Liu Zhenzhen and all the sacrifices.
"Your Majesty, I am Pierrot, the Captain of the Fourth Squadron of the Cambridge Mixed Wing, and on behalf of the Captain Boban, I welcome the arrival of His Majesty and the Expeditionary Sacrifice Regiment!" Pierrot's squadron leader's polite words came as soon as he opened his mouth.
"You are so gracious, my child, and I am equally honored to meet you warriors who defend the land." Liu's shocking answer was also completely a hypocritical old oil shaman.
"Thank you, Your Crown, for the compliment." Captain Pierrot's face seemed to be quite moved: "Your Majesty, Lord Borg has prepared a camping site for the expeditionary sacrifice group, and in the Mani Temple in the oasis, after settling all the adults, His Royal Highness Karn, the commander of the expeditionary legion, will have a meeting with you, and all the chief priests and His Majesty Helen will all attend." ”
"My child, could you please show me the way to the camp?" Liu Zhenzhen smiled, he didn't expect that the entire expedition group was actually led by Prince Kahn of Lionheart, which was an old enemy. I don't know if Prince Richard is here, although he didn't beat him lightly last time, but a month has passed, and it must be better.
After Captain Pierrot gave a military salute to Liu Zhenzhen, he did not rush to leave, but first came to the Northwest Province and the sacrificial place of the Jade City to kneel down on one knee to the three sisters and brothers of Godani, and said a phone call.
If it wasn't for this scene, Liu Zhenzhen almost forgot that the ostrich people of the Ostride tribe were also of the Bode lineage, the hereditary retainer of the Smai clan.
Along the way, Liu Zhenzhen did not deliberately get close to the sacrifices of Mourinho's descendants, as a Templar of the Silver Spirit, Godani also came with her younger brothers and sisters to participate in the battle of the desert this time, in other words, Liu Zhenzhen must have to pull her over to eat and drink together, but the country is Cui Beiqian, Liu Zhenzhen really doesn't have the courage to talk to Godani again; Ning Yu and the two fairy dragons did not ask him why he stayed in the Southwest Hall overnight before Shabak broke up with him and embarked on a trip back to the Far East. Helen and Mo'er also seemed to have forgotten about this matter, which made Liu Zhenzhen's prepared excuse come to naught, and his heart seemed to be unsettled.
Mourinho went to the northwestern province to prepare for the migration of the Smai to the south bank of the Sangan River, and he must be busy in the short term; If Cui Beiqian is now promoted to the Great Shaman of Witherspoon Temple, it will definitely be a good opportunity; If Cui Beiqian really never went to Mourinho again, it would not be impossible for the ** scandal to be annihilated from now on, Liu Zhenzhen was originally a heartless guy, and after more than ten days of digestion, the knots in his heart have already been unraveled.
However, whenever he faces the three sisters and brothers of Godani, no matter how open-minded he is, he is always a little awkward.
Seeing that Godani's eyes were looking at him, Liu Zhenzhen quickly twisted his head away, pretending to be indifferent.
The ceremony of meeting the head of the family was soon completed, and under the leadership of a squadron of Ostrit cavalry, all the sacrifices and followers of the entire expeditionary sacrificial group slowly marched towards the Cambridge Oasis, and like Helen, most of the sacrificers of the expeditionary sacrificial group also came to the remote northwest edge for the first time, and the desert scenery that they had never seen before made them look around one by one, sighing loudly, there was no military appearance at all, especially Golini, like a happy little lark, chirping and curiosity. The three golden-robed priests hindered Ge Lini's identity, and no one was embarrassed to say anything, and Liu Zhenzhen didn't even see it.
"Why are these walls so short? Why is it not stone? Glanie asked, pointing to the five rings of low walls at the edge of the oasis.
"Fei Ji, our entire Cambridge Oasis is about ten hectares on the ground, and it is impossible to build a stone wall! Because there are no stones in the desert, we can only build the city wall with embryonic soil and water, mixed with artemisia and sand seeds, and then build a chest wall, and the soil embryo will be very hard after being exposed to the scorching sun!" The head of the family asked, and of course Pierrot's squadron did not dare to slack off: "However, this kind of earthen city wall has a height limit, and it can only be reinforced to about four meters, and no matter how high it is, it is in danger of collapsing." ”
Qian Qian didn't understand what the title "Fei Ji" meant, and quietly asked Liu Zhenzhen. Liu Zhenzhen told her that in the Mongolian language, the princess is called "Wang Ji", the four major tribes of the Bimeng, and the little princess of the Bode tribe should be called "Fei Ji" in the Mongolian language.
Sissi suddenly realized, she didn't expect that a small title could make so many tricks.
"It's called 'Doing Fei Ji'." Liu Zhenzhen smiled.
"What kind of trees are they?" More than a dozen young women were also infected by Golini, and pointed to the tall trees on the side of the road and asked Captain Pierrot, "Didn't you say that there are no trees in the desert?" How many species of trees are there in the Cambridge Oasis? ”
"That's poplar, and the taller one is the date palm tree. The dates are not yet ripe, but we have them dried at that time, so you can taste them when the time comes. The greenery has been very well maintained in Cambridge, and we also grow a lot of grapes and dates here. Captain Pierrot's voice was smug.
Liu Zhenzhen was also observing the surrounding environment, and couldn't help but nod when he heard this, as the ostrich man said, the green environment of the entire Cambridge is indeed excellent, and it is really not easy to do this step in the desert area.
Helen is about to open a sacrificial academy here, if the environment is too bad, Liu Zhenzhen is not very relieved, now look at it, it is really not worse than Fei Lengcui; After entering through the city gate, the rammed-earth avenue about forty yards wide is lined with palm and date palm trees, although the surrounding buildings are mostly rough earthen houses, but they are also quite interesting in the greenery, and a large number of flower beds are dotted among the trees, and the cacti and cannas planted in them are in the flowering season, and you can smell the rich fragrance of flowers from afar, and you can also see busy flying bees among the stamens.
Anyway, it is half of the swan family, from the perspective of environmental design, it can indeed be seen that the swan put that kind of beautiful and elegant mood is mixed, passing by a five-acre wide lake, Liu Zhenzhen even saw that there is a wooden covered bridge built on this lake, on the clear water, rippling with a circle of blue sky, bridge piles and the reflection of flowers and plants, a few bobtail ducks calmly wandering on the blue waves, setting off the mirror-like lake light and water color like a delicate and demure beauty.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please come with me." Captain Pierrot locked his mount, the Blue-necked Ostrich, in a pen on the side of the road, and ordered the other cavalry to park the sacrificial carriages one by one to the roadside inn.
"Crossing the bridge?" Liu Zhenzhen thought that he was resting at the post station, who knew that Captain Pierrot had already stepped on the covered bridge.
"Beyond the Cambridge is the Temple of Mani, where the priests have been encamped, and where the Legion's staff is located, where Commander Karn awaits your arrival." Squadron Leader Pierrot nodded, pointed to a tall domed building hidden by date palms on the opposite side of the covered bridge, and said, "The Temple of Mani is the only stone building in our Cambridge Oasis, and in order to maintain this monument, our lord insisted on not demolishing it!"
"This lake is so clear! It's like Emerald, I haven't showered in days. Pierrot, don't forget to prepare some hot water for us when the time comes. Corinie's eyes looked straight at the clear water, and it seemed that if there was no one around, she was ready to jump.
"Do as you command, Fei Ji." Pierrot smiled: "Coming to the Great Oasis of Cambridge is like coming home, and it is an honor for all Ostry to serve the three masters. ”
"Knight, can you ask what the wood you are soaking in the water for?" Liu Zhenzhen leaned on the railing and pointed to the rows of wood soaked in the lake water on the shore and asked. There is no bark on these woods, about a hug thick, straight and slippery, under the surface of the water, the snow-white stalks are wrapped around snails, wattles and algae, and from time to time a few small fish slip by, throwing out a circle of ripples, although the distance is a little far, but you can smell the wood exudes a very refreshing and pleasant fragrance.
"Didn't you build a house to make beams? It seems a bit wasteful, though, and this wood is the most fragrant wood I've ever smelled. Liu Zhenzhen didn't wait for Pierrot Squadron Leader to answer, he raised his head and asked again.
"Your Majesty, this wood is a specialty of our Cambridge Oasis------ Kanghu sandalwood, and the smell of the ground is sandalwood. This sandalwood grows at the bottom of this Lake Cam, and although it is difficult to mine, it is the hardest wood, from which the spears and shields of our Ostross warriors are all made. Even the Uzi steel knife of the desert bandit can't be cut with a single sword, and it will spark. Squadron Leader Pierrot made an exaggerated gesture with a look of pride that could not be concealed.
In last year's crusade against the desert human bandits, many Beamon warriors were cut off by the other party with a single sword, which made the kingdom very faceless. There was a big problem with the weapons custom-made from humans, and some Beamon warriors joked that after cutting an enemy with their swords, they had to step on their feet straight before they could continue to cut.
"Wow! Is it an underwater plant? There was a roar of exclamation and chatter.
Depend on! What is this, Lao Tzu has seen the forest in the bottom of the road. Liu Zhenzhen looked at the group of supposedly erudite but a little fussy sacrificers and sneered.
"It's a pity, sandalwood should be a good spice." As a Fox, Helen immediately thought of the economic value of Cam Lake sandalwood: "As a spice, red sandalwood is very precious, and I feel that the fragrance of water sandalwood is more charming than red sandalwood." Knight Pierrot, why not sell this precious sandalwood as a spice to bring greater economic benefits to the kingdom? ”
"Helen Lan ......" Pierrot knew who this fox beauty wearing a peacock feather sacrificial robe and holding a legal code in her hand was, so he quickly bowed down and said: "... Arashita didn't know that this kind of sandalwood is very difficult to ignite, no matter how much exposure to the sun is useless, throw it in the campfire, it is like a stone, it can also be burned, but it takes a long time, if sawn into sawdust spice, igniting it is the biggest problem. ”
"It's a shame." Helen didn't expect that although this thing was wood, it couldn't ignite the fire, so she sighed.
"Knight, the smell of this wood is really good, how much stock do you have here? I've bought them all!" Liu Zhenzhen smelled the scent of sandalwood in his nose, and then heard that these woods were not afraid of fire, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, this thing is simply too face-saving to buy back to make furniture, fragrant and strong, Fei Lengcui just has a few elf carpenters, the wood is hard and afraid of something, and it is carved slowly.
The priests were all stupid, and Captain Pierrot probably didn't expect that the chief shaman was about to fight, and he didn't forget to do business, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Your Majesty, since you want to buy it, then you can give a price." Golini didn't recognize life at all, and said generously.
"How many hundred are in this water?" Liu Zhenzhen frowned and asked Pierrot.
"There are about 200 in the water." Squadron Leader Pierrot stammered: "There are more than two hundred raw materials left in the warehouse, and another four hundred raw materials have been processed, all of which are guns and shields. ”
"I want them all." Liu Zhenzhen's eyes rolled: "How about making fifty fist-sized agate together?" ”
"Wow~" The priests didn't know the shaman's family background, and they were suddenly frightened by this price, and let out a neat exclamation.
"Fifteen fist-sized agate? This price is good, Richard is so generous, our business is negotiated. Golini smiled and said, "Such a large agate is enough for my sister and me to carve a few sets of jewelry, Pierrot, and I will pay this subsidy to you separately." ”
"Follow your wishes, Feiji." Pierrot Squadron Leader smiled: "Shui Tan is just a little troublesome when mining, and the Inspector has already supported our hundred alligator turtle sappers, I think Lord Borg will definitely not accept your subsidy if he knows about it." ”
Ha ha! In the future, no matter how much Lao Tzu's bed moves, it will not "creak" and rattle! Liu Zhenzhen thought with a smile.
"Your Majesty, Knight Pierro, now that Captain Karn is waiting for us and your business is finalized, shouldn't we continue on our way?" The new chief priest, Lord Qi Dan and others, were a little impatient.
"Deed~" Squadron Leader Pierrot snorted coldly in his nose, glanced at Lord Zidan with a cold face, turned around and continued to lead the way.
Lord Zidan's face was red and white by the ostrich knight's move, Lao Liu laughed next to him, the model clan is also a vassal under Mourinho, Lord Zidan actually did not follow the swan main sacrifice, but took refuge in the Taggo clan, no wonder he was despised by this loyal ostrich retainer.