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The latest chapter of "I Am Qin II"...

The bitter cold wind swept across the land with a terrible roar, like a bright steel knife cutting through the thick snow that had accumulated on the ground, and smashing it into everything that showed signs of life. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gray sky, white earth, thick snow, towering snow-capped mountains. This is the snowy and icy world at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains in the western frontier of Great Qin.

In the winter here, the only sound that can be heard in the heavens and the earth is the roar of the bitter cold wind that never seems to stop.

In the misty world, a long team of horses is struggling to move forward in the thick snow. The footprints left behind, but the tea time was soothed by the cold wind wrapped in snowflakes.

In the vast wilderness and snowfield in the wind and snow, this long team of horses, facing the power of nature, is as small as ants in this heaven and earth.

Dozens of plateau horses, which are not tall but have extremely thick limbs, are tied to large and small boxes with loops of ropes, and every step will sink deep into the thick snow, and it is obvious that the contents of the boxes are not light.

Behind the bodies of these horses, nearly a hundred people dressed in Daqin costumes, tightly wrapped up and down, with only two eyes exposed, were relying on these horses as a barrier to move forward in the thick snow. A thick, long rope stretched from the front to the rear, wrapping around the waists of these Qin people who were struggling to move on the snowy fields, so as to keep their balance from getting lost.

As for those plateau horses, they are also strung together one by one with ropes.

The cold wind became more and more wild, and it became more and more difficult for this group of travelers to walk.

Suddenly, an unusually tall zongzi man walking in front seemed to have discovered something, turned around and turned around to shout something to a person behind him who was also wrapped in zongzi.

The cold wind was too strong, and the words were blown away as soon as they came out. The man at the front said it several times before his companion, who was no more than a foot behind him, understood, and then turned and relayed it to his companion behind him.

So repeatedly, one by one. After a full tea time, it was only in the middle of the human snake.

But this time. The horse team has already begun to move in the other direction under the leader of the leader. It turned out that in front of the horse team, there was a hole that was sunk into the root of the snowy mountain.

The crater wasn't too big, but it was enough for this group of travelers, with only a hundred people and dozens of horses, to get inside to escape the growing blizzard. Outside the top of the crater, ice cubes with arms and thighs hang upside down, which is extremely spectacular.

Before the word reached the last person of the horse team, the strong man at the front of the horse team had already reached the hole.

At this time, the people at the back of the horse team knew what was going on even if they used to talk. Seeing the pit, the only naked eyes on the whole body all showed a look of joy.

An hour later. More than 20 not-so-large bonfires had been lit in the pit. The hardy highland horses, which were originally used as barriers, lay down next to each other in a row and blocked the outermost part of the pothole. Although it can't completely shield the cold wind, it can at least block a lot, right? What's more, the pit is in the leeward quarter. The Arima wall is enough.

"Prince, with this blizzard, it seems that the caravan will not be able to reach Shache City before Chinese New Year's Eve."

The tall and strong man who spoke was the zongzi man who had been at the forefront of the horse team before. It's just that at this moment, the strong man who was dressed like a woolly bear had taken off the equipment to protect his head and face, revealing a square face full of beards. Talking about a blizzard. In fact, there was not the slightest worry between the eyebrows of this strong man.

The strong man's words have already pointed out the identity of this caravan, which is a Great Qin caravan between Great Qin and Central Asia.

"There's Brother Lauru."

A middle-aged man sitting next to the strong man heard the strong man's words, and glanced at the growing snowstorm outside the pit worriedly, revealing a touch of melancholy.

"Hehe, scoop people's money and eliminate disasters. The prince doesn't have to worry too much. The blizzard didn't last even a few days. As soon as the wind and snow stopped, the caravan could set off on its way. It's just that this Chinese New Year's Eve, I'm afraid that the prince and the brothers can't go to Shache City to live happily. ”

The words of the strong man surnamed Lu immediately caused the people in the caravan in the pit to burst out laugh in unison. The reason was that the caravan could not return on time due to the wind and snow, and the worries in the hearts of everyone instantly dissipated a lot.

Especially some strong men who opened their chests to reveal their tendons and flesh, they seemed to remember something when they heard the words of the strong man surnamed Lu. One by one, they let out a strange big laugh.

These people are all the subordinates of the strong man surnamed Lu, and they are also the guards of this caravan.

The opening of trade routes between the Western Regions and Central Asia was not long. In addition to stimulating the growth of commerce and trade between Great Qin and Central Asian countries, there is also one thing that is also stimulated, that is, an organization similar to the later dart bureau began to be born.

However, at this time, there was no organization called a dart game. It's just a small team organized by a few rangers or people in the forest who washed their hands in the early years, and there is no unified organization.

These small teams mainly take over the work of escorting caravans of ordinary wealthy merchants such as the princes. Such as the noble families of Guanzhong and Xianyang. Their caravan has its own doorman and diners to escort them, so naturally they will not invite people like Lu Tong to wash their hands but the bottom is not very clean.

Now there are 100,000 elite White Tiger Army garrisons in the Western Regions, and the big sand bandit gangs have been wiped out by the White Tiger Army, and the small sand bandits can only rob those caravans that are alone or unguarded, of course, this is very rare. After all, if any caravan is robbed, as long as it reports to the White Tiger Army, it will immediately face the liquidation of tens of thousands of troops of the White Tiger Army.

Except for the Western Regions County, the giant bandits and thieves from all over Great Qin have long since washed their hands. If you still want to make a profit, you have almost been wiped out by the Longwei Mansion a long time ago. Caravans are safer to walk than in the Western Regions.

The only thing Lu Tong and they needed to guard against was the bandits who did not belong to the territory of Great Qin after leaving Shache City and crossing the last frontier post set up by the Great Qin White Tiger Army after leaving Shache City and crossing the sacred mountain pass of Kunlun Mountain.

The Holy Mountain Pass is the name given to the road opened by the White Tiger Army with gunpowder by the Great Qin Shanglu. Meaning, the path given by the Son of Heaven.

The old man, who was called the prince by Lu Tong, was obviously the main person in charge of this caravan.

And Lu Tong's words to comfort the prince are obviously not untrue. The place where the caravan was stationed at the moment was less than fifty miles away from the White Tiger Army outpost in the Heavenly God Mountain Pass.

At this distance, the cavalry of the White Tiger Army only needed two to three hours at most to arrive. What's more, from the opening of the trade route to the rest of the year, the dozens of caravans that entered and exited the country in Daqin have not been robbed once.

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