When Su Wen and his party returned to the city, the fat man also encountered a bunch of troubles.

At this time, the fat man stood next to the mountain-like equipment, pacing repeatedly with his mobile phone: "Kristin, my transportation company has arranged it, and the equipment has not yet arrived." Can Zhang Gong arrange for the crane to enter the site? Hey, Zhang Gong is also sick? He said that the road is not good, and the crane can't get in? Okay, okay, I'll find a way. Today I will fly back to the end and arrange the crane...... As long as the mind does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties. The fat man smiled bitterly, and then said, "You talk to them slowly, and you can always talk about the result." Okay, okay, it cools down quickly at night, you put on more clothes, pay attention to your body, I will bring you what you need. ”

The unkempt fat man hung up the phone and looked at the messy yard. I have mixed feelings: "What the is going on? I'm a temporary worker, why do I have so many things? Where can I find a crane that can lift such a large piece of equipment? No matter, let's go back and find out at a few nearby mines." ”

Although it has been non-stop in and Wushi has run two back and forth. But now the equipment is still in Wushi, the patients are still in the hospital, the negotiation is still not progressing, and the project team still has no one who can work. With the onset of winter, the hope of returning to the mountains as planned is becoming more and more slim.

Everyone was busy, so busy that no one noticed that Su Wen had disappeared from this world for a few days. Sometimes it's like this, the person you think you care about the most or care about you the most, often the last to notice your abnormality.

--------------------------

Walking on the way back to the city, Su Wen was embarrassed. The people in TV and movies are all riding high-headed horses, galloping across the country, traveling thousands of miles in a day and 800 at night, how chic and happy. Even if you ride a Mongolian horse, it's not big enough, but it's good endurance. Traveling 100 kilometers a day is not a big problem. But if you look at your mount, what is it? It has a pair of long ears and big cute eyes, and it sings when it's excited. Riding it, you can reach the ground on your toes, just like the kind of balance bike that preschoolers ride without pedals. If you want to accelerate, you must also stand tall and tap the ground with your toes, otherwise it will always move at a constant speed and brisk pace.

Iron Hammer and Fang Wenqing were probably riding reindeer, and the two tree-like horns looked majestic. Sumei's mount is also a donkey. But seeing her sitting on the back of a donkey, her cloak fluttering in the wind, it looked like she had a special charm.

Lu Wei: They all rode horses, but they were zebras. The two wounded were tied up and placed on horseback. Su Wen followed behind a group of zebras, and the patterns on the horses' buttocks looked like three-dimensional pictures that he had seen when he was a child, and he was dizzy to look at.

What kind of world is this!Why is the style of painting so spicy?

Passing by a few beacons, I saw shepherds and pedestrians one after another, most of them wearing leather coats and leather trousers, fur hats with long feathers, leather boots, and big hats. Also riding a donkey or zebra. Next to the saddle hung bows and arrows, sabers. Holding a horse pole in his hand, he drove the cattle and sheep to move slowly. From a distance, it looks like a moving lightning rod.

Su Wen pointed to a large group of people in the distance and asked Iron Hammer: "What are such a large group of people doing driving a cart, is there any activity?" Su Wen remembered Naadam, who he liked to watch.

"They are in a hurry, the merchants are all gathered a large group of talents on the road, and those who fall behind will go to the post fort or beacon to wait for the next team, and those who are alone will occasionally encounter demon beasts. Hammer replied.

"Will the herdsmen encounter monsters? Look at them, there are only 7 or 8 people together. Su Wen was deeply worried about the herders.

"Herders live in groups in stockades. Hammer pointed to a larger, square earthen fort beside the river in the distance.

"When you encounter a demon beast, you will hide in the herd of cattle and sheep, and most of the demon beasts will attack the weak or young cattle and sheep first. The monster beast is so smart that it won't fight with people first. When encountering a group of demon beasts, it depends on the people in the walled city, whether the rescue is fast enough. In the walled city, people will be arranged to keep an eye on the herdsmen's hat feathers, and if the hat feather is put down, it needs to be rescued. When you encounter what kind of demon beast group you encountered yesterday, you can only settle your destiny. The life of a shepherd is the hardest. Fortunately, thanks to the blessings of the earth, a small piece of grass can raise many livestock, and with the protection of the walled city, there is no need for food and clothing. ”

Hearing this, Su Wen carefully inspected the grass on the ground, and all kinds of grass grew at a rate that was almost visible to the naked eye. There is too much young grass, and when you look at the past, it is verdant. The grass that grows does not rot, but turns into hay and falls on the ground. It completely subverted Su Wen's impression of various plants.

The earth here is not only fertile, it is simply a pile of fertilizer urea. I don't know what will happen to these grasses planted on the earth? Find a small piece of land, plant grass, collect hay alone, and sell it for a winter to get rid of poverty and become rich, and go straight to the well-off. Maybe there's something weird in the soil, but if you can go back, be sure to bring some with you. Su Wen longed for it: go to the grassland with Coco Zhu to rent a pasture, graze, play with mobile phones, sell hay, count the stars, and have a few more babies...... Flattered......

I thought of Coco Zhu, and then I thought of my parents, the fat man, and Jenny...... I can't help but feel a little gloomy.

During the march, a group of merchants, about a hundred people, surrounded by several huge ox carts. The cart was piled with goods and walked slowly. Most of the merchants were dressed in brocade robes, both men and women. Some people ride horses, some ride in cars, or talk loudly, or sing generously, and some squint and doze. The periphery is mostly guarded by guards in armor, both men and women, and the armor is not distinct, like a ranger like Su Wenqing. The back of the car was followed by a group of people, dressed in different ways, probably ordinary pedestrians.

Su Wen carefully looked at this amazingly large car. There were several cows in front of each cart, and the number of cattle was completely disproportionate to the size of the cart. When he got closer, Su Wen found that the car had no wheels!! the body was about 1 meter above the ground, and it was strangely suspended in the air. Su Wen looked around, everyone seemed to be accustomed to this, and they didn't care.

Su Wen shook his head and whispered to himself, "Hmm... No fuss, no fuss... Maglev oxcart only. ”

Humans are indeed the most adaptable creatures.

The flow of people gradually converged on a wide road, turned up a hillside, and Su Mei, who had been napping all the way, suddenly became excited, pointed ahead, and shouted to Su Wen: "Brother Su, Brother Su, there is a border city down the slope ahead...... Bailu Academy is on Bailu Mountain in the border city. ”

As he spoke, he went up to the top of the slope, and a tall city appeared in Su Wen's sight.

There are several peaks in front of you, stretching for 10 miles. A wall five or six miles wide connects the two peaks. Three towers, one large and two small, are distributed equally on the city wall. The middle city tower is the largest, there is an urn city outside, and there is an arrow tower on the city wall of the urn city. The main city tower is extremely tall and majestic, and there is a horse face on the city wall about 100 meters. A moat was wide and deep, flowing slowly along the city walls.

The walls on both sides meander up the ridge, enclosing the entire mountainous landscape. The mountain peaks inside the city are lush and overgrown with tall trees. All kinds of buildings are hidden in the mountains. Su Mei pointed to one of the mountains and said excitedly: "Look, look, there is White Deer Mountain, and the house in the mountain is White Deer Academy." Su Wen wondered: "This girl has a problem with her eyes, right? There is such a big city in front of it, and there are so many mountains." You don't point to the city, why do you point to the grassland?"

A group of people went to the city gate, only to see the city tower engraved with the two big characters "border city".

A few people from afar greeted him. didn't speak, took the reins of Lu Wei and others, led the horse, and at the same time someone took out paper money to help buy a pass waist card. Su Wen saw that the banknote read: "Food stamps." "Well, this is a grain-based currency system.

Everyone took off their armor one after another, Su Wen's vest was torn, and it could be seen from the paw prints that the protection was good, and he was also asked by the guards to take it off. I couldn't help but ask, "Why can I wear a weapon?

Su Mei glanced at him and said in her heart: This man has reached the peak of the earth, and it seems that he has never entered the city. I don't know how to live so big in the wilderness? Pulling him aside, he explained: "Armor is more threatening than weapons, and wearing armor in the city is regarded as rebellion, and it is killed on the spot." All places are the same. ”

Although Su Wen couldn't figure it out, since it was a rule, he took off his stab-proof suit with everyone.

and entered the city gates. An avenue leads to the next wall. Between the two city walls, Qianmo crisscrosses each other. There are ditches crisscrossing it, and there are farmers farming and picking mulberries. Entering the second inner city wall is the place where the wine shop is closed.

After everyone made an appointment to meet in the restaurant in the evening, they went back to the academy and the post house. Su Wen had nowhere to go, and he had no food stamps around him, so he was a little hesitant. Seeing him like this, Su Mei guessed that he had nowhere to go, so she invited him to go to the academy with him. How dare Su Wen shirk....

Bailu Academy is located on Bailu Mountain between the inner and outer cities, and when you reach the foot of the mountain, you can see the gate of the book "Bailu Academy". An avenue leads to the lush green hills. Countless buildings are nestled among the greenery. Fang Wenqing and Huang He went to the racecourse first to hand over the riding Li. Su Wen and Su Mei walked into the gate, and there was a huge martial arts arena in front of them, and countless children and young people were practicing martial arts. Su Wen slowed down and looked carefully.

Su Mei thought to herself: "This cargo city began to faint at the door, since entering the city, flowers, birds, insects, fish, cloth, mules and horses, there is no one he is not interested in, everything is stupid and looks at it for a long time." Sure enough, I haven't seen the world. The old lady's reputation in the academy has been average recently, um... Recently, the name has been slightly weaker. Don't let this thing make some jokes, if it is ugly, it won't ruin the prestige of the old lady even more. Never mind... Never mind... This girl can only watch closely, and help you answer your questions as soon as possible. ”

"Brother Su, the White Deer Academy is set up by the border city government, and it has the most famous reputation within a radius of several hundred miles. Children in the vicinity of the border city are supported by the city government when they are eight years old. Learn orders, actions, prohibitions, stops, literacy, arithmetic, and arithmetic. Slightly older according to their talents, they learned fairy arts, poetry and books, bows and crossbows, spears and spears, agriculture, animal husbandry, and art. At the age of twelve or thirteen, he finished his studies and went home to do some work or learn to make a living. Leave some students to teach new children, and at the same time learn more advanced skills from teachers, and when they reach adulthood, they will naturally have good positions to choose from, or go to serve as small officials and guards in border towns. Su Mei was patient and introduced seriously.

Su Wen was observing the training of these people, and when he heard Su Mei's words, he secretly compared it with the earth, which was a civil and military school from elementary school to university, and even military training was done together. Knowing this, he thanked Su Mei and said, "Thank you Miss Su, these children have been practicing queues and learning passwords since they were young. No wonder you don't know each other, but you were able to cooperate tacitly last night. Is it true that schools everywhere have the same martial arts queues? Isn't there chaos in the war between these two countries?"

This question made Su Mei laugh out loud. Looking Su Wen up and down, he said, "I really don't know where you came from, and how did you survive outside the city? Many grew up to be traders, herds, and laborers. Wouldn't you know how to cooperate in a different place? The countries on this continent are far apart, and monsters are raging. Where there will be any war between countries, it is up to you to think of it. ”

"Uh......" Su Wen didn't know what to say, this is different from the situation in the history books? Fortunately, the fat man is a hardcore military fan, of course, he didn't let go of studying cold weapons, and the two of them also went to the sports school to play in the archery team, shooting team and fencing team. He is also familiar with archery and fencing. Su Wen even practiced fencing for a period of time, and he was half a professional team member. But there are no fencing and fighting events. Su Wen remembered the fat man's evaluation of modern sports bow and arrow, and he really couldn't find a topic, so he went to talk about bow and arrow to see if what the fat man said was right.

"Uh... In the countryside, Miss Su Haihan paused for a moment, pointed to the practice of bows and arrows on the school field and asked, "I don't think archery here pursues accuracy, why is it so important to salvo and rapid fire?

No wonder Su Wen has this question. The practice of archery on the field is completely different from modern archery, and the targets are scattered on the haystack at random distance. The training is mostly a few people and a dozen people, some people find a target at random, give a command, everyone quickly bends the bow and arrows, finds the target of the password, and everyone releases the arrow almost at the same time. The target was quickly filled with arrows, and a few people were practicing precision shooting, aiming for a slightly longer time, and the requirements for accuracy were not too high, about the size of a 30-meter target to shoot a football, and a 50-meter target to shoot a basin.

"It seems that you haven't fought with anyone either, the monsters are too fast and have a keen sense of hearing, as long as the bowstring sounds, they will flee. Everyone chooses to shoot a salvo, and under the cover of the rain of arrows, there is a chance to hit. Practicing aiming and archery is mostly done by the hunters themselves. School doesn't practice much....." Sumi went on to explain.

At this time, many students saw Su Mei coming in and came to greet Mr. one after another. Most of them still ran to shout "Mr. Su, good" without waiting for an answer, turned their heads and ran, but they didn't necessarily know how polite. Some older girls are chatting with Su Mei, the elder sister and the elder sister....

..........

Seeing that Su Mei was busy, I was afraid that I would annoy her to ask. Su Wen went to watch the young people perform martial arts on the field by himself.

Everyone on the field wears bows and arrows, and they will practice when they have time. There are many people who hold or push shields of various sizes, practice shield formation, and move according to the order after forming a shield formation, which is quite imposing. The long spear of more than four meters and the short spear of two or three meters are practiced everywhere, and the practice method is not much different from the spear technique in the big gun and martial arts routines, but the action is more concise, and the pursuit of beauty is not pursued. Shield-wielding people often practice heavy weapons such as axes and hammers at the same time......

Su Wen guessed: Bows and arrows, spears, and shield arrays are probably the cold weapons commonly used on the battlefield here... I remembered that the fat man speculated that ancient weapons changed according to the development of armor, and if the armor was thick enough, it needed long-range armor-piercing bows and arrows and long-heavy weapons. If he goes back to ancient times, he must be a hero wearing three layers of armor, riding a horse with a sledgehammer, and casually entering and exiting on the battlefield. Su Wen didn't think so, and he rode a donkey for most of the day. The fat man is so stupid and heavy, he may not be able to find the right horse. If the fat man's speculation is true, according to the weapon choices of these people, the demon beast's defense ability should be very strong.

After another turn, only a small number of metal weapons were found on the training ground, most of which were practiced by young children. Older students use weapons made of monster bones, fangs, claws, horns, etc., which vary in size, length, and shape depending on the source of the material. Su Wen took out a leopard demon fangs that resembled an alloy dagger and glowed blue from his pocket. It is not clear what these weapons are capable of killing.

Su Wen remembered chatting with the Yellow River yesterday, what he longed for was the artifact ---- hammer?

Hand-to-hand weapons and hand-to-hand combat are rarely practiced, and it is estimated that there are not many opportunities to use them. Su Wen weighed it: he won two or three people in hand-to-hand combat. A few crossbowmen, or with long or short weapons, should easily dismantle themselves into parts. In other words, you need to keep a low profile, and if you want to get along, you either don't clash with others, or you can learn how to use weapons.