"Thank goodness you guys finally figured it out! Well, I'm free, but where else can I go? The halfling shrugged at the sunset outside the porthole, and continued, "Two kind ladies, can you tell me where Mr. Joseph is now, and if it is possible, I beg you to try to help him out of prison, not because I have taken advantage of Mr. Joseph, but because of a sense of justice!" You don't know how ruthless Baron Hurd is, poor Mr. Joseph will not live for more than a few days if he falls into the hands of that tyrant. ”

"Halfling, you don't have to worry about this, we have sent an agent to secretly rescue Mr. Joseph from the city, and as for the tyrant of Mochizuki City, Baron Hurd," Tonya smiled contemptuously, "and when he learns that his number one political enemy has escaped from prison, Aurora has escorted Mr. Joseph safely to Sweetwater." ”

"Sweetwater?!" Thorrin, the halfling, suddenly changed his face, "Dear Lady Druid, you mean that Mr. Joseph went to Sweetwater?" ”

"What's wrong with that?" Tonya asked in surprise, "Sweetwater Town is the settlement of the half-giant 'Hot Wind Tribe', the current patriarch and high priest of the Hot Wind Tribe is named Sand Rose, and is one of the most outstanding disciples of Teacher Valentina, this time we came to the Frontier on a business trip, in addition to surveying the local population, there is also an important mission is to visit Senior Sister Sand Rose to discuss the promotion of agricultural reform in the Frontier Region, if nothing else, in half an hour our airship will land in Sweetwater Town." ”

"I heard that the half-giants are a psionic race living in the desert area, and we are still a little distant related to the Kitlanders, and they are a rare farming people in southern Xinjiang except for humans, and they are famous for their kindness, simplicity, and hospitality, not to mention that there is also Ms. Sand Rose in charge, we will definitely be warmly welcomed in Sweetwater, Mr. Thorin, what are you afraid of?" Lyudmila looked suspiciously at Thorin's faded pale face.

Cold sweat oozed from the thick sideburns of the halfling, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "Two ladies, I don't need you to say that I also know the situation in Sweetwater Town, the half-giant is indeed a kind and hospitable people, Ms. Sand Rose has cast rain for us free of charge to irrigate the farmland, saved countless poor farmers forced by drought, and is the most respected person in Southern Xinjiang, but you probably don't know yet, Sand Rose has a very bad relationship with Baron Hurd, under her influence, Soon after the victory of the Far Eastern Revolution in 1620, the Half-Giant tribe openly took down the imperial flag and raised the flag of the Kingdom of Kolas, claiming to be the subjects of Rudolf I, and the town abolished the old system of the Empire and implemented the decree of the Kingdom of Kolas instead, and also declared that Sweetwater was open to all slaves who were forced to work in southern Xinjiang, and that any slave who escaped into Sweetwater would automatically be freed and could get a job on the farm, and was protected by Lady Sand Rose and the Half-Giant militia regiment, Slave trappers are not allowed to set foot in Sweetwater! ”

"Isn't it good that Sweetwater Town implemented the 'Abolition Decree', which is unique in southern Xinjiang?" Tonya asked Thorin in confusion, "The residents of Sweetwater are looking forward to the new government and are like-minded with us. ”

"It's a pity that Baron Hurd doesn't think so!" The halfling smiled wryly, "Do you know why Mr. Joseph was put in prison?" Just because he found out that Baron Hurd was secretly colluding with the leader of the sand bandits, 'Blade', one of the 'Four Great Bandits' in Southern Xinjiang, and plotted to hire the 'Blade Regiment' to ransack Sweetwater Town! After Mr. Joseph learned of this conspiracy, he sent someone to Sweetwater Town overnight to report to Ms. Sand Rose, but unfortunately the news leaked, the messenger was intercepted, and Mr. Joseph was also arrested and imprisoned. ”

Lyudmila and Tonya listened to him, and their faces lost their smiles. In the past few days when they have come to southern Xinjiang, one of the words they have heard most frequently is "sand bandits". These bandits who came from the desert were cruel and cold-blooded, murderous like hemp, and were the most feared and hated demons by the people of southern Xinjiang, but the slave owners in southern Xinjiang had an ambiguous relationship with this group of bandits.

The black market and slave auction houses in Mochizuki City met their needs, and the patrons were mostly slave owners who ran plantations and mines, and the near-unpaid labor provided by slaves made them more profitable, and the thirst for slaves prompted the bandits to loot more civilians and sell them into slavery.

To put it bluntly, the sand bandits were working for the lords of the large estates, so that these civilized men who regarded themselves as gentlemen could benefit from the bloody "slave hunting trade" without having to get their hands dirty. As the leader of the slave owners' interest group in southern Xinjiang, it has long been an open secret that Baron Hurd secretly colludes with the sand bandits.

There are hundreds of large and small bandits active in southern Xinjiang, among which the four strongest sand bandits are the "Scarlet Regiment", "Blade Regiment", "Jackal Regiment" and "Immortal Regiment". Tyres, the mantis psychic warrior "Blade" Tars, is one of the four cowards, and Lyudmila and Tonya have also heard of this person's notoriety, and when they learn from Thorin that the "Blades" may launch an attack on Sweetwater, they immediately realize the seriousness of the situation.

"Tonya, you send a letter to Ms. Sand Rose right away, warning her to be on guard against the sand bandits!" Lyudmila made a quick decision.

"Okay!" Tonya hurriedly ran back to the cockpit and was about to turn on the magic guide intercom, when Eleanor, who was manipulating the crystal ball to observe the ground environment, suddenly jumped up and exclaimed:

"Look! Smoke billowed over Sweetwater, and it seemed like there was a fire! ”

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In addition to the main stream that meanders from northeast to southwest and eventually enters the sea from the Golden Horn, there are many tributaries weaving a dense network of rivers in the Far East, the two most important of which are the "Turbidity River" that flows eastward into the territory of the Yashan Empire, and the "White Deer River", which provides free power for the Karon industrial area.

The Bailu River flows through the industrial area and continues to the southeast, providing valuable irrigation water for the grain and cotton plantations of the Gobi Territory, and finally flowing into the meteorite ocean at the "Silver Sandy Bay" in Canaan.

The Bailu River from the Gobi Territory to the Canaan "Silver Sand Bay" this section of the river, overlooking from the map, like a bow, and like a crescent moon, so it is called "Crescent River" by the locals.

The bank of the crescent river curves inward and faces the "Mochizuki Mountains" hundreds of miles away, and the large half-moon-shaped impact plain sandwiched between the river and the mountains is the famous "Crescent River Valley" in the region, which is the most fertile land, the most abundant water and grass, and the most developed area of agriculture and animal husbandry in the entire region, and the center of agriculture and animal husbandry in the region "Sweet Water Town" is located in the center of this treasure land of feng shui.