In the boundless sea of sand, you can occasionally see clusters of trees dotted, I heard the locals say, that thing is called sand willow, the plants that can survive in such a place, the vitality is generally very vigorous, their rhizomes are deeply rooted in the sand, some are ten zhang or even dozens of zhang.

Farther in the direction is the continuous sand dunes, as far as the eye can see, standing on the car and looking at it, the scenery of the four fields is almost the same, vast, chaotic and silent, as if returning to the ancient barbaric era, the whole world is left with this team as if it has been abandoned by the whole world.

Although it is cold during the day, it is not too serious, but at night, in the carriage with a stove and warm attributes several times, you can still feel the biting cold, and if you go outside to pee in the middle of the night, the whole person may be frozen, Rao is Lu Lingqi's physique, and at night, she can only shrink into Liu Yi's arms to keep warm.

"Is this the desert?" Lu Lingqi wrapped herself tightly, only poking her head out of the outside.

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded, he was also the first time to come back to this place, for the desert weather, he only knew that the temperature difference between day and night here was large, and it could heat people to death when it was hot in summer, but he didn't know it in winter.

"I'll make something tomorrow, maybe it will work." Holding his wife, feeling the temperature of each other, Liu Yi's teeth trembled, this kind of temperature is enough to wear out any desire of people, just like now, holding the world's top beauties, giving what they want, but Liu Yi can't give birth to the slightest crooked thought, Tai Tee Niang is cold, now, Liu Yi only hopes to be able to rush to Juyan City as soon as possible, where it should be better.

"Hmm." Lu Lingqi nodded and shrunk her whole body into Liu Yi's arms.

There was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, the rising sun dispelled the cold of the night, the temperature began to warm up, Liu Yi felt as if he was reborn, in the past, he liked the sunset, but now it is the first time to rush to the sunrise is so beautiful!

The surrounding environment seems to be a little different from last night's sunset, but this is very common in the desert, the sand will move with the wind, even if it is a high sand dune today, tomorrow it may become a valley directly, here, you can only look for the direction, not the road, no matter how many people walk, there is no way back here, and therefore, if you want to lay the track, you can only detour.

Fortunately, it is equipped with Sinan, otherwise it is really easy to get lost in such an environment.

The convoy continued to move forward, but Liu Yi began to invite a pile of wood from the carriage and began to jingle.

"It's ...... Railcars? Lu Lingqi looked at this board car a little familiar, she had been with Liu Yi for so many years, and she could recognize some organs.

"Well, no wheels, no tracks, though." Liu Yi smiled and nodded: "Remember the ice sled I made for him when Cheng'er was a child that can skate on the ice?" This one is similar to that, but it should be called a sled now. ”

Lu Lingqi nodded, didn't ask any more, just sat aside, watching Liu Yi make the so-called sand sled, Lu Lingqi always thought that the husband when he was working was the most attractive time, even if he watched it for a day, he didn't feel bored.

Liu Yi didn't care about this, the old husband and wife are gone, and Liu Yi is used to his wife's gaze.

When it was almost noon, the first sand sled was finally finished, Liu Yi found a few people to put the sled down from the carriage, many people looked at this strange instrument curiously, everyone knows the rail car, but with the continuous improvement of the rail car over the years, except for the lever that draws manpower, everything else has been hidden, so this sand sled can only recognize a lever.

Liu Yi didn't say much, jumped on the rail car, held the lever with both hands, and pulled it back, in the surprised eyes of everyone, the sled slid forward, and then wrenched, it seemed to be much faster.

In the eyes of everyone, Liu Yi had been sliding for several miles before he began to turn, but it was only a moment away, and the speed was not as fast as the horse.

Everyone didn't know what was going on, they just felt that Sikong seemed to have made another incredible thing, and with this thing, crossing the desert must be much faster.

Sled: +68 for gliding, +69 for wearing, +67 for sturdy

"How far is it from Juyan?" Liu Yi came back, jumped off the sleigh, and beckoned the guide to ask.

"Back to Sikong, this is only now into the desert, and it will take about half a month to walk." The guide hurriedly bowed and said, although the convoy is not slow, but it is loaded with a lot of goods, and it is not fast, at this speed, it should almost arrive in Juyan City in half a month.

"Half a month?" Liu Yi nodded, and estimated in his heart that the sled he made could make two cars a day, and a car could accommodate up to two people, just to do this, it would take three months, and it would be too wasteful to hire people, Liu Yi brought a lot of goods on this trip, but the money was not much, there was no need to waste it on this kind of thing.

"Wei Chang!" Liu Yi turned his head and looked at the two members of the trip.

"Sikong." Wei Chang came over and bowed to Liu Yi.

Wei Yan and Liu Yi are not born either, but Wei Yan has been stationed in Hanzhong over the years, and now he has been sent to garrison Nanyang, and there is not much contact, and the two little guys are not as open as Guan Xing and Zhang Bao when they see Liu Yi.

"Will this sled be used?" Liu Yi looked at the other party and smiled.

"Go back to Sikong, you will!" A look of eagerness flashed in Wei Chang's eyes, the young man was quite interested in these things.

"You arrange for someone to use this car to patrol around, if there is anything unusual, tell the guide in time." Liu Yi handed the sand sled to Wei Changdao.

Professional things are left to professional people who don't know anything about the desert and forcibly pretend . The pen can lead to total annihilation.

"Whoa!" Wei Chang agreed, and he was happy to turn out the sand sled, and handed over the military affairs to his brother Wei Rong, so he went out with the sand sled.

This kid~

Liu Yi shook his head, returned to the car and started to make the next one, although he couldn't speed up the march, but he could always make the journey not dull, the endless sea of sand, at first glance, he would feel comfortable and open up all of a sudden, but after a long time, there would be visual fatigue, and it was good to find something for himself.

"The character has jumped out a bit, and it needs to be sharpened." Lu Lingqi looked in the direction of Wei Chang's departure and smiled at Liu Yi.

Guan Xing and Zhang Bao also came over like this back then, and now they have the style of generals, and in a few years, they will be able to take charge on their own, even better than their father.

"Take your time, see the world more, and people will slowly precipitate, who hasn't been young and frivolous?" Liu Yi nodded and continued to build the second sled.

The people went on the road again, and along the way they alternated the strange sand sleds, but they were not bored, until the evening of the day, and the temperature dropped sharply, and the people did not dare to go any further, and surrounded the convoy, and the horses and camels untied their reins and drove them into the circle, and each of them went into the carriage to rest.

In addition to making two sand sleds during the day, Liu Yi married another layer of leather in the car, sealing the pores everywhere, the car is not as cold and biting as last night, but it is definitely not warm, it is still not easy to have such an environment when traveling, Liu Yi is not extravagant, hugging his wife, and can also have some extra strength to do other things.

After ten days of doing this, there were fifty more sand sleds in the convoy, and there were craftsmen in the convoy, Liu Yi hired a few people to do it with him, and made a few more, some of them rode horses during the day, but the other half of the people were sitting on sand sleds, and the team moved forward a lot faster.

After walking like this for another three days, the sea of sand in my eyes changed, the soil began to appear, and even sporadic merchants began to appear.

"Sikong ......" The guide looked happy and came to Liu Yi.

"From now on, everyone can call me the owner." Liu Yi said with a serious face, this guide is a master under Zhang Yuan, who was engaged in business in the Western Regions in his early years, so he was sent to Liu Yi to be a guide this time.

"Yes, owner." The guide patted his head and said with a smile: "We are two days faster than expected, and thirty miles ahead is Juyan City, and at the current speed, we can arrive in the afternoon." ”

"I'm afraid it's going to be evening." Liu Yi shook his head and said.

The guide was puzzled, and soon, Wei Chang came to Liu Yi's car, bowed down and said, "Master, those sand sleds seem to be broken, and they are much slower." ”

"Get it in the car." Liu Yi nodded, the sled can glide in the desert, but when it comes to the land, it is really not as fast as the car.

"Whoa!" Wei Chang nodded, and ordered someone to load these sand sleds, they brought enough cars and horses, in addition to goods, there are many people who live, the sand sleds are not large, and they can be loaded on the carriage.

Liu Yi actually wanted to throw it, these things are not of high practical value, but if you think about it, you have to use them when you go back, there are so many sand willows in the desert, and Liu Yi is not good at cutting them down, and this thing is a priceless treasure in the desert, if you use it alone, you can release the goods, store water, and the speed is not slow, and you can make a profit by selling it.

Not far from the city, the number of pedestrians gradually increased, Liu Yi found that although this Juyan is a subject country of the Han Dynasty, but the dress is very different from the Han family.

The older man has a thick beard, the young man is slender, it is rare to see someone who is too fat, and the woman's cheeks are close to the cheekbones, all of which are painted with exaggerated blush, which makes the cheekbones appear high and the eye sockets are deep.

The city gate is not blocked, the Han family is still rare to serve here, the Han Dynasty has been in civil war these years, and the merchants who used to travel to and from the Western Regions have also burned, not to mention that Liu Yi's line is not only full of people, but also many cars and horses, so there will be a lot of onlookers along the way, all around are saying a bunch of unintelligible words, pointing at this side, but no one dares to approach, after all, although the Han is now declining, but Yu Wei is still there, the countries of the Western Regions have a little bit of awe for the Han, and this mentality is more and more obvious the closer to the Han, What's more, Juyan was still a subject of the Han Dynasty a few years earlier.

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