The topography of the large mountain range is a natural barrier between the land of lakes and the southwestern region.

This is also the reason why the development of that place has not been as good as the outside world for many years.

People who have traveled through the past in this world, I am afraid that the most common sentence they hear is that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

I frowned at the rugged mountain road, the narrow entrance that I was about to enter.

Yun Chu behind me gently hugged my waist and asked, "Why don't you speak in a daze." ”

He moved my body away, looked out of the way, and smiled, "It's in the canyon." ”

I turned to him and pointed to the two towering cliffs I could see outside the window and said, "This terrain makes our car look like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger." ”

Yun Chu glanced at me and said, "What are you fighting for?" ”

He looked up at the scenery outside the window: "Although it looks dangerous, I am afraid it is not easy to set up an ambush here." ”

"Why do you say that?" I take a closer look at the terrain around me.

The cliff on the opposite side stretches over, and it is actually a stone cliff with no grass.

In an instant, I understood what Yun Chu meant.

I bowed my head and said: "You're right, it's not easy, you have to go up here, you can't do it without top-level light skills." ”

"People of this rank, I'm afraid they don't need to set up any ambushes to deal with others, just fight on the ground."

The driver shouted outside the car: "Childe, before you go into the canyon, do you want to get some water outside?" ”

"I don't know how long this canyon will take, look at the topographic map. It is estimated that it will take a day or two. ”

There are not one or two people in this horse team, adding up Yun Chu and me, as well as a group of people who run errands under him, a total of more than a dozen people. Need to eat and drink.

I thought about it and was about to answer.

Yun Chu, who was originally smiling at me slightly, said with a smile: "Do as you say." ”

As a result, the sheep sent into the tiger's mouth stopped temporarily at that moment.

By the time Yun Chu's men finished fetching water and we entered again, about half an hour had passed.

As soon as you enter the canyon, the temperature is several degrees lower, and when you look overhead, it is a narrow line of sky.

The road conditions on the mountain road are much worse than the plains and deserts that we have walked before.

Because the canyon is very narrow and does not see the light of day, the road is littered with weathered stones.

On the carriage were several boxes of osmanthus cakes made by Longfu Temple. There are also some exquisite pastries bought in the city of Qibei.

It's all affordable. As dry food on the road.

Rao is already stocking up on it. still can't stand the large number of ingredients prepared for him by Yun Chu's subordinates.

The day before, I had seen another carriage in the convoy following us, and I was taken aback.

Compared to the brief equipment I brought out from Qibei, it was really a world of difference.

The thought turned. I suddenly remembered the situation in the small cities in the southwest that Jinhua had told me.

After meeting with Snow Eagle, I hope to come up with some ideas that will benefit the southwest.

Taking advantage of this time, there is nothing else to do in the canyon, so it is time to ask the teacher next to me.

Yun Chu was leaning on the mat and half-closed his eyes, and I hesitated to disturb him at this time.

I sat on the sidelines and was about to move, Yun Chu's eyes didn't open, but as if he could see the thoughts in my heart, he beckoned softly, "Come and ask." “

As soon as I moved a little over, he pulled me into his arms.

He opened his eyes and looked down at me, and said with a pleasant smile: "Xiao Ling'er, what do you want to ask?" ”

I said to myself, you all know I'm going to ask questions. Don't you know what to ask?

After being silent for a while, I said with an indifferent expression: "Some time ago, I took in Jinhua and Wenzong from the southwest who fled and lived in my senior brother's courtyard. "Sister Jinhua is a very good person, I hit her off at first sight and can talk very well."

When Yun Chu heard the words senior brother, the sharpness in his eyes that couldn't be hidden fell into my eyes.

I muttered in my heart, what is the specific content of the agreement reached between him and my senior brother, and I will have to test it when I have the opportunity.

I paused and said, "Sister Jinhua has talked to me in detail a few times, talking about the situation of Snow Eagle in the southwest. ”

Yun Chu moved lightly above my head, and I tilted my head, half of my head almost in front of his chest.

I could hear his heartbeat, and the smell of him reassured me.

Lowering my voice, I continued, "Snow Eagle is now the lord of several small cities in the southwest, and we will definitely see him when we go. ”

"I heard Jinhua say that the place in the southwest was not peaceful, but after the Snow Eagle arrived there, he brought a recruited team to guard the area."

"Not only for the local people to deal with disputes, solve problems, but also for the southwest to build defense projects, water conservancy, although these things are still in the beginning, but I can foresee the future of the southwest, will definitely become a home for the local people to live and work in peace and contentment."

Seeing that Yun Chu was silent, I finished a bunch of words before I remembered, how powerful his intelligence network is, I'm afraid that what I said, he knows the inside story better than me.

I didn't hesitate anymore and cut straight to the point: "The barrier on this road obviously affects the traffic between the southwest and the lake country. ”

"I just looked out the window and wondered if there was a way to break through this barrier, and of course I knew it was a bit whimsical."

"I'm afraid it's hard to do this with the human and financial resources of the world, so is there another way to break through such an obstacle, or open up a new line?"

I thought for a moment and said, "Let's build another passageway." ”

There was a bit of uncertainty in his words, because I must be a layman in this area.

"You say, how can we minimize the barrier between the southwest and the land of lakes?"

"You say, isn't this a big problem?"

"Hey. Are you listening to me attentively? I pushed Yun Chu and asked.

Yun Chu moved a little distance, grabbed my shoulders with both hands, looked at me with a smile and said, "Why do you want to make the barrier the smallest?" ”

"I've been talking for a long time, didn't you listen carefully at all?" I looked at him with a frustrated look in my eyes. "As I said, this barrier is the origin of the gap between the two places."

"You're very strange, Xiao Ling'er, you are neither the city lord of the southwest region, nor the resident of the southwest region, is it necessary to worry about that part for him?" Yun Chu said.

"How can I say that, you also know the relationship between Xueying and me, if I can come up with some good suggestions, it will not only help him consolidate his influence in the southwest, but also a way for me to repay my teacher for his dedication to teaching his homework."

Yun Chu moved silently. A smile escaped from his lips and he whispered, "You ask him in front of me how to repay him." Do you think I'll answer you? ”

"You said that. I will try to help me when I need it, just a few words, and you will never refuse me. ”

He groaned for a moment. I added a flattering sentence: "You know, I don't like to owe favors to outsiders, and it always gives me peace of mind to be able to reciprocate." ”

The word "outsider" was emphasized.

Hearing this, Yun Chu shook his head, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled lazily: "I taught you to draw inferences from one case and think from different angles in everything." “

He repeated it again: "Why do you want to narrow the barrier between the Land of Lakes and the Southwest? ”

I knew he must mean something else, and after a few seconds of silence, I looked down at what he had said, and my eyes lit up.

I raised my hand and grabbed Yun Chu's arm and said, "Are you talking about another way?" ”

Yun Chu looked at me with a smile. A look on your face when you go on and say, I'll listen to see if you have figured it out.

"Sealand?" I looked at him with some uncertainty.

Yun Chu nodded, pursed his lips and smiled: "The country of the lake has always been eyeing the area in the southwest, the city lord is running it well, and then you use your brains to try to narrow the barrier between the two places, do you want to lure the army of the country of the lake to find a shortcut to enter the southwest region as soon as possible and destroy your teacher?" ”

"Just seeing the businessmen doing business and living with the people, how could they not have imagined that it would lead to war, and should not make such a low-level mistake?"

I blushed, and after thinking about it, I interrupted Yun Chu's words with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Sealand is different, at least now it seems that it will not be as unkind to the southwest as the Lake Country, and the purpose pursued by Sealand for many years is to keep one side safe, not to expand the territory lightly." ”

I remembered the conversation I had with Yun Chu before, and the message he revealed to me was that after the matter in the southwest was over, his next plan was to go to Sealand to see his old friend.

With a heart going up and down, I sat still and clenched my fists, looked at him with a little apprehension in my eyes and said, "You are going to Sealand, is it for this matter?" “

Yun Chu smiled and said, "What do you say? “

I can't help but think that, it's really that this itinerary is arranged later, it's too compact, plus what he just said.

No, then, how could it not be to meet the empress of Sealand who could establish a connection with the southwest?

Entangled in my heart, I sat there sullenly, Yun Chu rubbed my hair and said in a gentle tone: "Do you know that your teacher is very popular in the southwest?" “

He changed the subject, and I had to respond: "I know, Jinhua has mentioned it to me." "Oh," Yun Chu replied lightly, then raised his eyebrows and said with interest, "Then she also mentioned that the merchants in the city in the southwest area have been protecting him several times, and you, the teacher, have repeatedly shirked the matter of having a fiancée?" “

I was stunned, how could he discuss this topic with me?

"All I'm concerned about is the situation in the southwest."

"Your subordinates are very gossipy, and they even have to check this out." I teased and waved my hand and said, "Forget it, it's not surprising that the subordinates brought out by Chen Yuqing are good at this kind of thing." ”

Yu Guang glanced at Yun Chu, I got up from his arms, leaned to the other side of the carriage, and said with a strange look in my eyes: "I just can't figure it out, they just gossip." ”

At this point, I glanced at him, "How could you be interested in those things?" “