Li Qing and the others walked on a narrow mountain road.

On the left is a cliff more than 100 meters deep, and on the right is a cliff with thousands of walls. The winding and rugged mountain road, just between the cliffs and cliffs, looks as if it has been carved directly into the cliffs.

At its widest point, there are only four or five people on this mountain road. At its narrowest, it can only be passed by a single horse.

There is more than one narrow mountain road like this in Lishan. The old nests of many Lishan bandits are hidden in the dangerous mountains and deep mountains, and there is only one road up and down, and they are basically such steep mountain roads.

Relying only on this kind of mountain road, which is untouchable and unopenable, can discourage the ordinary regular army.

If there is a strong person of the Pillar Country guarding this kind of mountain road, even if there is a team of 10,000 people, if there is no high-end force in the team that can limit the strong person of the Pillar Country, then the team of 10,000 people can only be blocked and unable to advance an inch.

It is precisely because of this that the Lishan bandits were once rampant enough to cut off transportation.

When the empire dispatched a large army to suppress bandits, the army often had to be equipped with gold-level and pillar-level powerhouses in order to ensure the safety of the army on such a steep mountain road.

Li Qing and his entourage all rode copycat unicorns. The bloodline of the cottage unicorn is a little thinner, and its ability is limited, but on this rugged and steep mountain road, it is like walking on the ground.

The two former bandits who led the way in front of them, because they were born in the mountains, have been accustomed to walking mountain roads since they were children, and they can also walk like flying on mountain roads, not much slower than Li Qing and others riding unicorns.

That's right, it was two people who led the way.

In addition to the rebellious young man named Tie Zhu, that old Uncle Liu also volunteered to lead the way.

Li Qing estimated that the old Uncle Liu probably wanted to watch the iron pillar more and save this rebellious son and nephew, so he participated in the suppression of bandits without his own strength, and lost his life in vain.

Looking up at the sun, the sun was already setting in the west, and it was almost dusk. It has been half a day since I entered Lishan, except for the road at the beginning, which is easier to walk, and the rest of the time is in the deep mountains and old forests, steep paths. Li Qing couldn't help but be a little impatient, and asked the two who led the way: "How far is it from the lair of that gang of mountain bandits?" ”

"Back to the General." The old Uncle Liu turned around without stopping and said, "It's almost there, according to the current footsteps, walk for another quarter of an hour, and you can see the first checkpoint of the gang of mountain bandits." ”

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment and said: "The first checkpoint of the mountain bandits is two zhang high, and it is all made of stones, and it is across the mountain road that is no more than ten zhang wide. On the left is a hundred zhang cliff, and on the right is also a cliff of dozens of zhang, and there is no second way to go. Usually, there are about a dozen mountain bandits guarding there, and once someone breaks through the pass, the mountain bandits guarding the pass will sound the alarm bell, and at most it will only take half a pillar of incense, and there will be twenty or thirty mountain bandits rushing from the mountain to reinforce them. ”

Tie Zhu interjected: "That checkpoint was left by the previous mountain bandits, and the official army suppressed the bandits five years ago, but somehow it was not demolished, and it was used by the current group of mountain bandits. There is also a ballista on the wall, and I don't know where the mountain bandits got it, and the range can reach 200 zhang. With a steel spear as a arrow, even a stone can be shot through. Ordinary shields and armor shatter at the first shot, and they can't be stopped at all. ”

These two people originally wanted to remind Li Qing and others of the power of the mountain bandits, but Li Qing and the others were indifferent.

Putting the carriage into the storage bracelet, riding a unicorn, Su Su, who was walking in the middle of the line, even carried a video camera, looking around and filming. When Uncle Liu and Uncle Tiezhu's nephew were talking, Su Su also slapped them both in.

"Knight, say a powerful line." Seeing that Li Qing didn't say anything about Old Uncle Liu and Tie Zhu, Su Su hurriedly prompted.

Li Qing was stunned for a moment and said, "Eh, just mountain bandits, local chickens and dogs, it's not worth it." ”

"What!" Su Su was very dissatisfied, "What's the point of adding a 'uh' in front?" Stunned. No, start over, put the shelf up, the tone is a little more bullish, and the eyes are a little more contemptuous. ”

"Okay......" Li Qing was helpless, brewed his feelings, his eyes narrowed slightly, half opened and half closed, and said lightly: "It's just a mountain bandit, a local chicken and a dog, it's not worth it." ”

Su Su is still dissatisfied: "The lines are too literary, a little tougher, a little more iron-blooded!" ”

"......" Li Qing felt helpless, but there was no way, he still had to start over, and brewed for a while, recalling Guan Gong's expression when he beheaded Yan Liang, kept his eyes half-open and half-closed, and snorted coldly in a voice that almost squeezed out of his nose: "It's just a group of stupid mountain bandits, look at Ben will cut them all to pieces!" ”

“Ok！” Su Su nodded in satisfaction and called out the sound card.

Xiaolongnu whispered to Ni Yuanyuan: "Li Qing's expression is not bad, but I'm afraid this line won't pass the trial." ”

Ni Yuanyuan bowed slightly and agreed: "Su Su's aesthetics are completely different from normal people. ”

Xiaolongnu said: "Maybe it will have to be changed when the time comes." ”

Song Qiqi interjected: "This is not necessarily. In the current TV series, if the heroes don't call Lao Tzu two sentences and scold two foul words, they have no fashion value at all. It's not a big deal to be stupid, right? ”

Xiaolongnu thought for a while and nodded: "That's right." ”

The two leading parties in front listened to the discussion in the back, and their mood suddenly became up and down.

The uncle and nephew glanced at each other, and a subtle feeling of being extremely unreliable spontaneously arose - Li Qing's lines sounded quite imposing, but at the request of the little county lord, they were repeated twice, and then changed the statement. also deliberately put up a shelf, feeling like he was singing a big show.

There are also those beautiful girls, looking around along the way, seeing the beautiful scenery and chirping in amazement, feeling completely in the mountains and rivers.

There is no atmosphere at all, there is no strict suppression of bandits at all, and it is like a group of rich sons and ladies who come out to climb the mountain, how can people rest assured?

"When we get to the bandit level, our uncle and nephew have to fall behind." Old Uncle Liu lowered his voice and whispered to Tiezhu: "If something is wrong, let's turn around and run." You must not meet the mountain bandits, remember? ”

"This ......" Tie Zhu frowned and said slowly: "Actually, General Li and General Long are still very powerful. They are so relaxed now, they probably didn't pay attention to that group of bandits. With the strength of the two generals, this attitude is not excessive. ”

Although he felt very unreliable about Li Qing and the others' overly relaxed behavior, this iron pillar still had a little confidence in the strength shown by Li Qing and Xiaolongnu.

"It doesn't matter what the strength of the two generals is." Old Uncle Liu looked solemn and whispered: "If they are really powerful, then they don't need our uncle and nephew to help, and they still have to hide behind when the time comes." If they ...... Ahem, then we have to run as fast as we can. Otherwise, let the mountain bandits know that we led the way, and the whole village will die. ”

Tie Zhu nodded: "I can save this." It's a matter of life and death for the whole village, and I'll be careful. ”

Uncle Liu said: "I'm afraid that your brain will be hot, so I will rush up." ”

As soon as Tie Zhu was about to speak, he heard Li Qing, who was following the two of them, say, "I said, you two, what are you muttering?" ”

"Nothing." Old Uncle Liu hurriedly turned around and smiled innocently: "I'm telling Tie Zhu, wait for the next fight to get a long time, if you need help, you have to rush up to help the two generals." ”

Tie Zhu pouted violently, very contemptuous of Uncle Liu's heart.

Li Qing laughed: "We are all battle-hardened and murderous generals, how can we use the help of you two civilians?" Wait a minute, you guys will follow us and watch us suppress the bandits. ”

These words hit the heart of the old Uncle Liu, and he nodded hurriedly like pounding garlic, and flattered him repeatedly: "The general is mighty, just a mountain bandit, how can he be a general?" The little one and the iron pillar must follow the general's orders and follow behind to wave the flag and shout for the general. ”

Li Qing smiled slightly and said no more.

The distance between him and the two mountain people who led the way was only four or five meters, although the two of them lowered their voices and muttered quietly, how could they not hear with his keen ears? The conversation between his uncle and nephew, Li Qing listened to it word for word.

But with his strength, he won't bother with these two.

After walking for a while, Uncle Liu pulled the iron pillar and retreated to the side of the road, stood with his back against the cliff, pointed to a corner of the mountain wall in front of him and said, "General, after walking around that corner, you can see the mountain bandits." ”

"Hmm." Li Qing nodded, instigated his mount, and walked straight past Old Uncle Liu and Tiezhu, followed by Xiaolongnu, Su Su, etc., who also stepped forward in turn. After Chu Lingfeng, who was at the back, passed, Old Uncle Liu sighed and said to Tie Zhu: "Let's just wait here first and listen to the movement." ”

Tie Zhu saw that Li Qing in front had already passed the corner, so he said, "Let's go over and have a look." ”

"What are you looking at?" Old Uncle Liu grabbed the iron pillar: "What should I do if I am hung up by the mountain bandits?" ”

"But......" Before Tie Zhu finished speaking, Chu Lingfeng, who had already crossed the corner with half of his body already crossed, suddenly turned around and beckoned to the two of them, and said, "Come here, it's been solved." ”

"Resolved?" Old Uncle Liu and Tie Zhumian looked at each other, both of them couldn't believe their ears.

"Really?" Old Uncle Liu muttered: "It's just two sentences!" There are ballistas on the mountain bandit pass! ”

"You have also seen General Li's sword technique!" Tie Zhu looked excited, broke free from Uncle Liu's grasp of his hand, and rushed forward: "More than a dozen mountain bandits, for General Li, it is a matter of a knife. They didn't even get a chance to ring the bell, let alone wind the ballista! ”

Old Uncle Liu thought about it, gritted his teeth, and ran behind the iron pillar.

The two turned the corner to take a look, only to see that the checkpoint in front of them, which was the only open area of this mountain road, had already turned into a pile of ruins. The ten-zhang long, two-zhang high stone wall, the middle of which was five or six zhang long, had become gravel everywhere, and the largest stone would not exceed the size of a fist.

The corpses of the eleven bandits lay in a row behind the crumbling wall, many of them without even holding their weapons.

The uncle and nephew were dumbfounded.

"This is ......" Old Uncle Liu swallowed his saliva: "Smashed the wall with one knife?" ”

"I can imagine what it was like." Tie Zhu muttered, "As soon as General Li turned the corner, he slashed at the checkpoint seven or eight feet away. The mountain bandits guarding the pass didn't have time to react at all, and they didn't even see General Li......"

Tie Zhu guessed correctly.

As soon as Li Qing turned the corner, he slashed out a group of dragons without a head.

Eighteen sword rays swept across the air at a distance of more than twenty meters and slashed directly at the wall. After slashing a section of the wall five or six zhang long into pieces, the remaining sword qi killed all the eleven mountain bandits guarding the pass.

Until all the staff were exhausted, none of the mountain bandits saw Li Qing's arrival, and they all died inexplicably.

In fact, Li Qing used extraordinary skills such as the group of dragons without a leader against the eleven mountain bandits, and he really used a bull's knife to kill chickens. However, his more purpose is to destroy this level, lest after this trip to suppress bandits, someone will come to Lishan and use this ready-made level.

If there is no caster of this all-stone checkpoint that is ten zhang long, two zhang high, and has a base thickness of one zhang and five, there will be a gang of mountain bandits with only a hundred or so people, and they will not want to build it in a few years.

Uncle Liu, the old man just now, also said that this level was left by the previous mountain bandits, and the empire did not dismantle it after suppressing the bandits five years ago, and now it is directly used by this group of newly emerging mountain bandits.

Li Qing didn't know why the bandit army five years ago didn't tear down this checkpoint. He just didn't want to leave a future trouble, so he simply smashed it with a knife, and did not hesitate to consume a transcendent skill for this.

Anyway, in Li Qing's opinion, the lineup of the bandits this time is very strong, and even if he uses extraordinary skills extravagantly, he is not afraid of any unexpected situations.

Mountain bandits are mountain bandits, even if there are gold-level and pillar-level powerhouses among them, they will not be more powerful than the regular army of Amaterasu.

Walking through the rubble everywhere into the checkpoint, Li Qing found the ballista on the partially intact wall near the side of the cliff.

The Imperial Army now uses artillery, and long-range weapons such as ballistas are rare.

According to Xiaolongnu, only a few spirit weapon ballistae with special attributes are still in service in the imperial army. Ordinary ballistae, long after the maturity of artillery, were already eliminated.

After all, the meaning of the ballista is long-range heavy fire suppression. With artillery that exceeds the range and power of the ballista, the ballista with a limited range and can only fire directly, the manufacturing process is still very complicated, and the ballista is easily damaged, it is inevitable to be eliminated.

There are only a few well-built spirit weapon ballistas that still have a certain amount of actual combat value.

This ballista placed on the wall obviously won't be a spirit weapon ballista, but its manufacturing process is quite exquisite.

According to Tiezhu, the range of this ballista is as high as 200 zhang, that is, more than 650 meters, and the firing steel can penetrate stones, shatter shields and armor, which shows that it is extraordinary.

But now Li Qing took a look at it and found that the materials made of this extraordinarily powerful ballista were unexpectedly quite ordinary-the crossbow arm was ordinary elastic wood, and the crossbow string was just ordinary hemp rope.

However, it is such an ordinary material that can be found everywhere, and it can actually make a ballista with a range of more than 650 meters and a power to penetrate stones, obviously relying on exquisite craftsmanship to make up for the defects of the material.

"This ballista is not simple."

The little dragon girl also saw the extraordinaryness of this ballista. With one hand, she wound the ballista, which required a strong man to use a winch, picked up a steel spear from the side of the ballista, loaded it, aimed it at the opposite mountain wall, and struck the hammer with one punch.

Bang! In the sound of strings and arms, the steel spear flew out of the air like lightning, and slammed into the opposite mountain wall, and the one-and-a-half-foot-long spearhead did not enter the hard stone wall, and the rod buzzed and trembled violently for a while before it calmed down.

"That's a lot of power!" Li Qing was slightly moved: "The arrows shot by my iron folding bow are just like that." ”

"Not only is it powerful, but it's also good." At this time, Su Su, Chu Lingfeng, Scarlett, Ni Yuanyuan, and Song Qiqi also came around. Su Su stroked the smooth crossbow arm and said, "What Long Er aimed at just now was the point where the steel spear hit, right?" The two points coincide exactly. Although it was closer, less than thirty meters, this kind of quasi-head was already terrifying. ”

With Su Su's eyesight, he could naturally see which position the little dragon girl was aiming at. And the weapon of the ballista has never been known for its accuracy, and it is extremely difficult to score exactly the same score within thirty meters.

In Su Su's opinion, with the accuracy of this ballista, even at the limit range of two hundred zhang, the deviation of the steel spear fired by the ballista would not exceed half a meter.

"This can be used as a sniper crossbow." Su Su exclaimed: "Li Qing's iron folding bow has a longer range and better accuracy, but it is a magic weapon. So far, he has that pair in his hand. ”

"And this ballista is not a spiritual weapon, and the manufacturing materials are also very ordinary, so it can be said that it can be found everywhere." Xiaolongnu's face was slightly solemn: "Using the most common and common materials to make a ballista with such a powerful power and such an amazing head, this kind of craftsmanship can only be possessed by one kind of person in the empire." ”

Li Qing asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Jiuli people." Xiaolongnu replied: "The Jiuli people who are good at smelting and forging and planting. ”

"Jiuli people?" Li Qing was moved: "The Jiuli people are precious talents who are under the key protection of the empire, and the material empire of natural warriors does not let them go to the battlefield...... With the craftsmanship of the Jiuli people, it will only be used in the manufacture of spiritual weapons, how can it be possible to make such an ordinary ballista? Could it be that this ballista is an antique? Not right......"

He looked at the bright paint on the ballista and muttered, "This is obviously a newly built ballista." Could it be that the Jiuli people will also collude with the mountain bandits? ”

In the past ten days of going south, Xiaolongnu had already given Li Qing and them a lot of knowledge about the empire. Ethnic minorities with special talents such as the Jiuli people, Xiaolongnu also introduced them to Li Qing.

"It is impossible for the Jiuli people to collude with the mountain bandits." Xiaolongnu said: "With the empire's emphasis on the Jiuli people, what do they want and can't get it?" And what can the mountain bandits give them? Why risk killing your head and colluding with a gang of unruly mountain bandits?

"Look at the craftsmanship of this ballista, the Jiuli people who can make this kind of ballista, with their exquisite craftsmanship, if they work in the spirit weapon workshop, they are at least masters. If you want money and money, you want status and status, and ordinary officials have to coax them. And why is there any need to collude with mountain bandits? ”

Su Su said: "Then what's going on with this ballista?" Long'er, you also said that only the Jiuli people can make it. ”

"I doubt ......"

The little dragon girl squinted her eyes, her fingers scraped the hard dragon scales on her chin, and she made a crisp click, and said slowly:

"This group of mountain bandits kidnapped a Jiuli man and forced the Jiuli people to serve them. Because of the coercion, even though the Jiuli people had to build crossbow carts for the mountain bandits, they also kept a hand. You must know that the Jiuli people can use ordinary steel to create low-level spiritual weapons. If the Jiuli people really have a heart, no matter how ordinary the material is, they can also give it a certain spiritual effect. ”

Li Qingqi said: "But aren't the Jiuli people born warriors? Gifted with fire-resistant skin and proficient in natural weapons, even if the empire is reluctant to send them to the battlefield, it will not even deprive them of the right to practice martial arts, right? As long as the Jiuli people practice a few hands, how can ordinary mountain bandits beat them? How is it possible to take them captive and coerce? ”

Xiaolongnu said: "No matter how natural a warrior is, he will not be without weaknesses. The Jiuli people have a big weakness, alcoholism. ”

Li Qingdao: "They are easy to get drunk? ”

"No, a thousand cups are not drunk." Xiaolongnu smiled: "But Jiuli people are drunk. They get drunk after a small sip of honey, and they can't wake up from thunder or earthquakes. If it's the best mead, just a small glass can put them down. ”

Li Qing touched his chin and said, "In other words, this gang of thieves may have used honey wine to pour down and kidnap the Jiuli people?" ”

"That's probably it." Xiaolongnu stretched out her hand: "If not, then I really can't imagine how a gang of thieves kidnapped a Jiuli person." After all, the iron pillar said that the leader of this gang of thieves can only break stone tablets with his bare hands. With this kind of strength, it is impossible to defeat any adult Jiuli people, whether male or female. ”

Li Qing said with a smile: "Then we may be able to save a Jiuli person from this trip to suppress bandits." ”

Su Su's eyes lit up: "That's great!" I'm thinking about recruiting a few Jiuli masters! ”

As early as when she heard Xiaolongnu introduce the Jiuli people, Su Su was already coveted by it, clamoring to recruit a group of Jiuli masters to help her make equipment - Su Su's subordinates, now there is no one who understands alchemy. All the alchemy work had to be completed by Su Su himself. This made her very annoyed, and she had already wanted to recruit a few real alchemy assistants.

If a group of Jiuli masters can be recruited, then Su Su will be much easier.

What's more, if the master of Jiuli is really good at smelting and forging as Xiaolongnu said, then the "Nightmare Suit" prepared for Li Qing in Su Su's plan will be even more powerful.

After all, although Su Su can directly create a nightmare suit with magic, if there is a master craftsman who is proficient in forging, tempers a prototype of the suit, and then she enchants it, the effect is much better than if she directly creates it with magic.

It's a pity that the empire attaches great importance to the Jiuli people, and will not allow the sparsely populated Jiuli masters to leave at all.

If in the era of peace, with Su Su's strength and identity as the county lord, maybe he can still recruit a few Jiuli masters. But now that it was wartime, every Jiuli master was under the heavy attention of the empire, and it was impossible for Su Su to recruit privately.

But if one can be rescued from the bandits' den, then no one can stop Su Su from taking revenge.

"It's naturally a good thing to be able to recruit a master craftsman from Jiuli." Li Qing said: "But then again, with the empire's emphasis on Jiuli masters, it is impossible for the empire not to pay attention to the Jiuli people with this kind of craft, right?" Even if you are away from home, you should be protected by the guards sent by the Empire. Even if something happens and falls into the hands of bandits, no matter how tight the empire's forces are, it will quickly send a strong man to the rescue, right? Why...... That Jiuli man has even built a ballista, and there is no strong man from the empire to come to the rescue? ”

Xiaolongnu frowned and said, "This is exactly what I don't understand. Every Jiuli person at the master level usually enjoys the close protection of two silver-level powerhouses. If you are traveling, there will be sixteen silver powerhouses, and one gold-level powerhouse will accompany you. Even if it is an ordinary powerhouse in the early stage of the Pillar Kingdom, it is difficult to kidnap a Jiuli master under such a strict guard.

"What's more, now that it's wartime, no matter which Jiuli master has a very heavy task, it is impossible to go out casually. Even if you have to go far away, you will have a tighter guard than in peacetime, and you will never pass through an area like Lishan, which is a strict bandit, and you would rather go around hundreds of miles longer to avoid an accident. ”

Su Su pursed his lips and said, "If you don't understand, you don't have to think about it!" Anyway, we're already here, won't we know if we can rescue the Jiuli people later? As she spoke, she waved her hand and put the ballista into the storage bracelet.

Li Qing smiled: "Su Su is right. Rescue it and ask, and you will know everything. Let's go, let's continue up the mountain to suppress the bandits. Rong: "The Jiuli people are precious talents who are under the key protection of the empire, and the material empire of natural warriors does not let them go to the battlefield...... With the craftsmanship of the Jiuli people, it will only be used in the manufacture of spiritual weapons, how can it be possible to make such an ordinary ballista? Could it be that this ballista is an antique? Not right......"

He looked at the bright paint on the ballista and muttered, "This is obviously a newly built ballista." Could it be that the Jiuli people will also collude with the mountain bandits? ”

In the past ten days of going south, Xiaolongnu had already given Li Qing and them a lot of knowledge about the empire. Ethnic minorities with special talents such as the Jiuli people, Xiaolongnu also introduced them to Li Qing.

"It is impossible for the Jiuli people to collude with the mountain bandits." Xiaolongnu said: "With the empire's emphasis on the Jiuli people, what do they want and can't get it?" And what can the mountain bandits give them? Why risk killing your head and colluding with a gang of unruly mountain bandits?

"Look at the craftsmanship of this ballista, the Jiuli people who can make this kind of ballista, with their exquisite craftsmanship, if they work in the spirit weapon workshop, they are at least masters. If you want money and money, you want status and status, and ordinary officials have to coax them. And why is there any need to collude with mountain bandits? ”

Su Su said: "Then what's going on with this ballista?" Long'er, you also said that only the Jiuli people can make it. ”

"I doubt ......"

The little dragon girl squinted her eyes, her fingers scraped the hard dragon scales on her chin, and she made a crisp click, and said slowly:

"This group of mountain bandits kidnapped a Jiuli man and forced the Jiuli people to serve them. Because of the coercion, even though the Jiuli people had to build crossbow carts for the mountain bandits, they also kept a hand. You must know that the Jiuli people can use ordinary steel to create low-level spiritual weapons. If the Jiuli people really have a heart, no matter how ordinary the material is, they can also give it a certain spiritual effect. ”

Li Qingqi said: "But aren't the Jiuli people born warriors? Gifted with fire-resistant skin and proficient in natural weapons, even if the empire is reluctant to send them to the battlefield, it will not even deprive them of the right to practice martial arts, right? As long as the Jiuli people practice a few hands, how can ordinary mountain bandits beat them? How is it possible to take them captive and coerce? ”

Xiaolongnu said: "No matter how natural a warrior is, he will not be without weaknesses. The Jiuli people have a big weakness, alcoholism. ”

Li Qingdao: "They are easy to get drunk? ”

"No, a thousand cups are not drunk." Xiaolongnu smiled: "But Jiuli people are drunk. They get drunk after a small sip of honey, and they can't wake up from thunder or earthquakes. If it's the best mead, just a small glass can put them down. ”

Li Qing touched his chin and said, "In other words, this gang of thieves may have used honey wine to pour down and kidnap the Jiuli people?" ”

"That's probably it." Xiaolongnu stretched out her hand: "If not, then I really can't imagine how a gang of thieves kidnapped a Jiuli person." After all, the iron pillar said that the leader of this gang of thieves can only break stone tablets with his bare hands. With this kind of strength, it is impossible to defeat any adult Jiuli people, whether male or female. ”

Li Qing said with a smile: "Then we may be able to save a Jiuli person from this trip to suppress bandits." ”

Su Su's eyes lit up: "That's great!" I'm thinking about recruiting a few Jiuli masters! ”

As early as when she heard Xiaolongnu introduce the Jiuli people, Su Su was already coveted by it, clamoring to recruit a group of Jiuli masters to help her make equipment - Su Su's subordinates, now there is no one who understands alchemy. All the alchemy work had to be completed by Su Su himself. This made her very annoyed, and she had already wanted to recruit a few real alchemy assistants.

If a group of Jiuli masters can be recruited, then Su Su will be much easier.

What's more, if the master of Jiuli is really good at smelting and forging as Xiaolongnu said, then the "Nightmare Suit" prepared for Li Qing in Su Su's plan will be even more powerful.

After all, although Su Su can directly create a nightmare suit with magic, if there is a master craftsman who is proficient in forging, tempers a prototype of the suit, and then she enchants it, the effect is much better than if she directly creates it with magic.

It's a pity that the empire attaches great importance to the Jiuli people, and will not allow the sparsely populated Jiuli masters to leave at all.

If in the era of peace, with Su Su's strength and identity as the county lord, maybe he can still recruit a few Jiuli masters. But now that it was wartime, every Jiuli master was under the heavy attention of the empire, and it was impossible for Su Su to recruit privately.

But if one can be rescued from the bandits' den, then no one can stop Su Su from taking revenge.

"It's naturally a good thing to be able to recruit a master craftsman from Jiuli." Li Qing said: "But then again, with the empire's emphasis on Jiuli masters, it is impossible for the empire not to pay attention to the Jiuli people with this kind of craft, right?" Even if you are away from home, you should be protected by the guards sent by the Empire. Even if something happens and falls into the hands of bandits, no matter how tight the empire's forces are, it will quickly send a strong man to the rescue, right? Why...... That Jiuli man has even built a ballista, and there is no strong man from the empire to come to the rescue? ”

Xiaolongnu frowned and said, "This is exactly what I don't understand. Every Jiuli person at the master level usually enjoys the close protection of two silver-level powerhouses. If you are traveling, there will be sixteen silver powerhouses, and one gold-level powerhouse will accompany you. Even if it is an ordinary powerhouse in the early stage of the Pillar Kingdom, it is difficult to kidnap a Jiuli master under such a strict guard.

"What's more, now that it's wartime, no matter which Jiuli master has a very heavy task, it is impossible to go out casually. Even if you have to go far away, you will have a tighter guard than in peacetime, and you will never pass through an area like Lishan, which is a strict bandit, and you would rather go around hundreds of miles longer to avoid an accident. ”

Su Su pursed his lips and said, "If you don't understand, you don't have to think about it!" Anyway, we're already here, won't we know if we can rescue the Jiuli people later? As she spoke, she waved her hand and put the ballista into the storage bracelet.

Li Qing smiled: "Su Su is right. Rescue it and ask, and you will know everything. Let's go, let's continue up the mountain to suppress the bandits. ”