The Duchy of Tyros, a hub between the Mack Red Empire and the island nation of Elam.

It's a pretty good country, but the whole country is very desolate.

From the moment they entered the territory of the Principality of Tyros, Jia Zhengjin and the others only saw an endless wasteland on the road. Except for the pedestrians and merchants who follow the road like them, it is difficult to see the cities in the Principality of Tyros, let alone the common people!

The wasteland was full of weeds up to the calf, but even the weeds were withered and yellow, and they seemed to be malnourished in their eyes.

Not a single tree could be seen for thousands of miles, not even a small sapling.

Aside from the yellow weeds, this place doesn't seem to be any different from the desert.

Is it really inhabited in such a desolate land that is still inhabited and a country is established?

Walking on the wasteland is tiring, as you can see from the crowds of pedestrians on the road, especially the road is twisty and uneven, and it is not smooth at all. When it comes uphill, the carriage is very hard.

Fortunately, Jia Zhengjin and his entourage were all riding flying mounts, which was much more comfortable than others.

After flying along the road in the wilderness for half a day, I finally saw a huge city in the distance.

It is said to be a city, but in fact, in addition to the stone walls on the periphery, it is almost a collection of countless backward villages.

Compared with several countries and cities along the way, this so-called principality should be regarded as a poor area, right?

I don't know if there is only this city in the entire border, or if there are other cities scattered in other places.

Jia Zhengjin led the team, everyone riding tiger bees, and quickly approached the city.

After leaving the city of Domasan Yuki, he found a remote mountainous area and built a tiger-striped hive. Then let Ruluto return to the Holy Dragon City on his own, and the team recruited the Tiger Bee as a flying mount instead, making the journey faster.

When they arrived near the city gate, they found that the civilians in the city were holding mud pots, lining up to pass through the guards guarding the gate, entering and leaving.

The people who went out were carrying empty jars, and when they came back, they were full of water, and they looked happy despite their struggle.

Surprisingly, upon entering the city, it was found that these civilians had put the water they had brought back from outside the city on the side of the road and sold it directly to passers-by and merchants.

What's even stranger is that they don't want money, but want to exchange water for food, clothing and other living resources.

Of course, there are some stranger things mixed in there. They had some huge insect carcasses that they didn't know where they got them, most of them were larvae with little combat effectiveness, and they actually cooked strange food on the street barbecue, and also exchanged them for various resources with passers-by.

"It seems that this country is not very rich in resources!" Entering the city, the team came down and walked. Tina looked at the surrounding scenery and couldn't help but say to Jia Zhengjin.

"I should say that I can't see any resources, right?" Jia Zhengjin also kept looking around, "Probably water resources are also relatively scarce, otherwise they will not be exchanged for supplies." ”

"Are those insects their food? I don't know where they got them, can they eat them?" Tina felt sick to her stomach.

Jia Zhengjin didn't think it was a big deal, after all, he was born in a country where anything could be turned into food before he crossed over: "It may be dug up in the underground nest of some giant insects in the wasteland." Most insects have a habit of laying their eggs underneath and allowing the larvae to grow to a certain extent and then emerge on their own. ”

"It's really desolate when you look at it this way!" Christina whispered from the side.

"It's a tough road!" Perling said as she looked down at the potholed city roads, her face blank.

"Well, when the cement road is built in the future, there will be no such problem!" Jia Zhengjin said with a smile.

"Cement road, are you talking about the cement road that Lord Kean, the lord of Holy Dragon City, asked the entire continent to build?" The conversation between their husband and wife was overheard by a civilian who was setting up a stall next to him, so he asked curiously.

"Oh?" Jia Zhengjin turned his head to look at the other party, it was a bearded uncle who was about forty or fifty years old, "You know?"

"Of course!" Uncle Bearded nodded, "but we in the Duchy of Tyros are not going to build concrete roads. ”

"Why?" Jia Zhengjin asked suspiciously, "This road is very inconvenient, and the traffic can be much smoother if you build a cement road, and the exchanges with neighboring countries can be closer, which will help you get rid of your current economic situation, right?"

"Communication with the surrounding countries?" the bearded uncle shook his head, his expression flat, "Our country has no resources. As you can see, even the capital city of Faling City has this virtue, everyone can only barely live, and there is no capital to do business with other countries at all. Because of this, a weak country like ours has never been annexed by other countries. The reason is that the land is so barren and useless, and after the occupation, there is no benefit, but a huge amount of money has to be paid to feed the people. We don't have to talk about the economic situation at all, because there are really no resources! there are no trees, no ore, water is scarce, the land is barren, and animals are rare and difficult to feed......

"Then why are you still staying in this country?" asked Tina, curious, "It doesn't sound like anything, why don't you find your way somewhere else?"

"Although the Duchy of Tyros is like this, the people are at least free and not enslaved by the rulers. Life is a little harder, but I can barely survive. Moreover, the royal family gives the people a certain degree of autonomy and also gives the people dignity. As long as there is dignity, as long as they can barely live, the people of Tyros are satisfied. ”

"It's really low. Perrin looked at him with a blank expression.

"Haha~" Uncle Bearded opened his mouth and smiled, "Contentment is always happy! Are you going to the island country of Ilan?"

"How do you know?" asked Tina.

"Most of the people who pass through here are going to the island country of Ilan, and there are almost no people who come to visit the Duchy of Tyros! After all, there is really nothing to see here except for the endless wasteland. The bearded uncle smiled, "However, although the island country of Ilan is beautiful, water resources are also particularly scarce. Don't look at it as an island country, surrounded by the sea, but there is really very little fresh water that can be drunk. There were even times when people from their side had to come to our Faling City to buy water. So if you want to continue your journey, you might as well buy some clean fresh water to prepare first. ”

"Oh, and this kind of thing?" Jia Zhengjin was surprised, "There is also a shortage of water in the island country of Yilan?"

"Missing, look at those pedestrians and merchants, which one is not in a hurry to buy water?" the bearded uncle stretched out his hand and pointed around.

Jia Zhengjin turned to look, and sure enough, he found that the pedestrian and merchant teams behind him had stopped, all of them bargaining with the water sellers.

"Guest, if you don't prepare some fresh water now, you will definitely regret it!" the bearded uncle patted the mud pot in front of him with a smile, "I don't want a high price, just three days' rations!"

"This little water will be exchanged for three days' rations?"

"Guest, water is precious!"