Chapter 2 Three Mountain Roads

The Dils Mountains are located on the southern border of the Yaqui Kingdom, bordering the Duchy of Palci (in fact, it belonged to the Duchy of Palci before the submission of Palci). The Nara River, which nourishes the Yaqui country, could not pass through the high mountains here, so it turned westward, bypassing the Dils Mountains and continuing northward. It is also because of the lack of water in the Nanra River that the land here is much more barren than in the central and northern parts of Yague. The real nobles in power in Arkee disdained the land here, and most of the nobles who were divided here were distant relatives of the powerful ministers, ministers that His Majesty did not like, or relatives who were already estranged from His Majesty, or were thrown to this place punitively. These aristocratic lords who have been alienated by the central government almost all suffer from the same disease, that is, inner depression. And they vented all their grief and indignation on their slaves. There was hardly a single mild slave owner among the nobility of the entire Dils region, and as a result, more and more slaves fled into the mountains and became bandits. For bandits, the nobles often organized crusades, and all the bandits who were caught were sentenced to death. Despite this, the number of bandits shows no signs of decreasing. So much so that in recent years, the aristocracy has ceased to be enthusiastic about the futile activity of exterminating the bandits, and the coexistence of the nobles and the bandits of the Dils has gradually become a convention.

At this time, Li Tianhao was marching in this never peaceful Dils Mountain. Although the preparations were completed as soon as possible, it was still delayed for three days. It's not because of anything else, the main reason is that the scale of Port Potsmore is too small to buy thirty pack horses at the same time, and those trading houses that own pack horses are categorically unwilling to sell them, and are only willing to lease them, which Li Tianhao cannot accept. In order not to reveal his whereabouts, he had to buy the animals. And now he could no longer throw money at the cattle as he had done before, and had to settle for camels and mules.

Before Elda left, ten strong sailors were dispatched to follow Li Tianhao. Despite this, this small caravan attracted the interest of many bandits along the way. Although these robberies did not succeed in the face of the martial arts of Li Tianhao, Mueller and Alam, they scared Xie Wuda who accompanied him into a ghost. As a civilian, although he has also encountered pirates at sea, pirates who can be stronger than the Li family merchant group have never appeared so far (many pirates dare not provoke them when they see the Li family merchant group's fleet passing by.) )。 And now there are people who come to rob their team almost every day, and even if there is no danger every time, the frequency is too high. What made Xie Wuda even more angry was that the little ghost named Alam who followed the young master complained every day that the robbers on the road were too unhelpful, and fighting with them could not be exercised at all. Xie Wuda wished he had arrived at his destination a moment earlier, so he could breathe a sigh of relief. But Alam actually shouted that he would take a detour to attract strong enough bandits to rob his own goods.

Fortunately, Li Tianhao did not agree to his unreasonable request, and said: "You can't meet the powerful bandits, it's not your own trouble, the last time you passed through this area, you beat people too hard, didn't you find that the people who come to rob us now are all fresh faces?" I'm afraid that the previous bandits would hide when they saw you, and this is called self-retribution. ”

"Is that a consolation?" Mueller interjected coldly.

Li Tianhao shrugged his shoulders and said: "Then it depends on how he understands it, the so-called master leads the door, and the cultivation depends on the individual." ”

Alam immediately sneered: "My personality has only undergone a fundamental change under the bad influence of you, boss!" ”

Li Tianhao laughed when he heard this. Xie Wuda, who was listening to their quarrel, couldn't help but shake his head secretly, along the way, Li Tianhao and Alam's bickering never really stopped. Seeing that Muller, who had been arguing with Li Tianhao before, now only occasionally said a half-sentence, you can imagine what hardships and hard work the young master has experienced in the past six months! Even a man like Muller has become what he is now, but the young master can't feel much change, at least on the surface, the young master's tenacity really makes Xie Wuda admire.

Mount Emma. The end of Li Tianhao's trip. Although the mountain is not particularly steep, it is extremely majestic. And it is also the largest mountain within a radius of ten miles. Xie Wuda looked at the trend of the mountain in front of him and nodded secretly: If this mountain can be developed well, it will not be a problem to raise two or three thousand people.

In the middle of the line, a man flashed out of the bushes on the mountainside. The man looked to be thirty years old, with gray hair and a smile under his beard, and greeted him all the way: "Big boss, you are finally back, and the little one will go to report immediately." ”

Li Tianhao saw this person, nodded and said, "Then it's up to you, Katzsius." ”

Katzsius turned and ran up the hill, shouting as he ran: "The great master is back!" The big boss is back! ”

"Master, you are really loved by this person." Shevuda sighed.

"Naturally, the young master has saved all the people in this village." Muller kicked the horse's belly as he spoke, leading the way in front.

Li Tianhao followed behind and whispered to Xie Wuda: "You look at Mueller's serious face, and those who don't know think that he is the owner of this cottage." ”

Xie Wuda couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. Indeed, in terms of appearance, demeanor, and majesty brought out by his taciturnity, Muller is indeed more like the owner of the village than Li Tianhao, who is only eighteen years old and has not yet completely shed his childishness. Muller's handsome appearance was very eye-catching even in the crowd, coupled with his white Paz robes and the two eye-catching Paz scimitars worn at his waist, even the prince who pretended to be Paz was believed by some people.

At this time, no one knew the title of "Double-knife Muller", which was praised by later generations, but this was indeed the first time that Muller appeared in front of the world wearing a double-knife in front of the world. In the past, in the Li family's business group, everyone knew that Mueller's knife skills were excellent, but at that time he only used a scimitar. It was precisely because of the injury to his right arm that he had to switch to a left-handed knife for half a year that created his nickname in the future.

After a while, hundreds of people appeared on the mountain. The first two men walked in front of him, about thirty years old, of ordinary appearance, dark skin, but tall and stout, like a bull in the prime of life; The one in the back was about twenty years old, of medium build, with brown skin, a bare head, and a pair of green eyes that shimmered. The two came to Li Tianhao's horse, knelt down and saluted: "Welcome back to the owner of the village." ”

Li Tianhao hurriedly jumped off the horse to help the two up, and then introduced to Xie Wuda: "These two are the second leader Tatar and the third leader Jimda that I told you. The two of you are the House Clerk I brought with me, Shevuda. ”

When the two heard this, they came up together to greet him, and Xie Wuda couldn't help but be polite. At that moment, the two owners of the village took all the minions and walked towards the mountain like the stars holding the moon.