Hearing that Charles was going to climb the main peak of the Tianshan Mountain, Lao Zang, who was sitting lazily on the sofa, just said "oh" and had no other reaction, just like Charles just went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

Charles then asked, "Is there anything strange about the main peak in recent years?"

He asked, and at the same time took a bottle of good wine made by the elves from the storage ring again and gave it to Lao Zang.

Lao Zang put the wine aside, thought for a while, and said, "In recent years, the glaciers above the main peak have receded a lot less in the summer than in previous years. ”

Charles raised his eyebrows and asked, "Was it the same in the year of the drought?"

Lao Zang thought for a moment and said in surprise: "When you say that, it's really a strange thing." I remember that the weather was a lot hotter in the year of the drought, and the glaciers on the other peaks retreated very much, but the main peak did not retreat much, and I thought that the main peak was too high for the heat on the ground to rise. ”

Charles nodded, it seemed that there was a play.

If there is an artifact at the top of the mountain, especially an ice-type artifact, then it is reasonable that the temperature there is lower than the surrounding area.

He changed the subject and asked, "When I was in Salt Lake City, I heard that a few people came to you not long ago to apprentice, why haven't I seen them?"

Lao Zang replied, "Oh, you're asking about the seven you rescued." ”

"Their foundation is not good, I taught them something and let them go to the mountains to fend for themselves. ”

"If they are alive when I come back next spring, I will do my best to teach them. ”

Charles did not object to Lao Zang's teaching method, if you want to improve your strength in a short period of time, you must go through extraordinary tempering, which is the same as when he "traveled thousands of miles".

However, Charles heard that Lao Zang was about to go out, so he asked curiously: "Where are you going to be happy on this cold day?"

Lao Zang's expression suddenly became serious, but his fat face and small eyes like a slit made Charles feel a little like laughing.

He straightened up and said seriously: "You have been on the elf side for all these years, you should know about the things on the demon side." ”

Charles cooperated with him with the same serious expression, nodded seriously, and said, "I know something." ”

Lao Zang continued: "The demons came a few days ago, so the old men in the Senate wanted me and a few other people to go over there and have a look. ”

"Huh?" Charles asked solemnly, "Is it safe to be safe?"

Lao Zang said: "Don't worry, Queen Victoria's guarantee of our safety is fine." ”

"Queen Victoria is talkative over there. Charles said seriously, "If she is willing to vouch, it means that there is no problem." ”

After he finished speaking, he pondered, it seemed that some information about the demon race was circulating much slower than he thought, or almost no large-scale circulation.

Lao Zang's side was obviously relieved, they obviously didn't know the bottom of this westward trip.

He continued: "Actually, the orcs on our prairie and the orcs in the west are of the same origin, but for many reasons, the two of us lost contact many years ago. ”

"That's why we're often treated as vassals of the demons. ”

Lao Zang saw Charles leaning on the back of the sofa with a slight frown, and the three fingers of his right hand were rhythmically tapping on the armrest of the sofa, looking like he was thinking about the problem.

He couldn't bother Charles, so he went to the kitchen to prepare today's dinner.

A few days ago, the big wild boar that came back was not finished, Lao Zang took the pig heart, pork liver and intestines and washed the pig in water, and found a few carrots and cut them into pieces, put them in the pot and added a little bad wine and stewed them with wild ginger.

At this time, Charles on the sofa was thinking, as if the Rurik Kingdom had a plan to build a railway, to build a railway connecting the steppes at the junction of the Icecrown Mountains and the Death Sand Sea to the north, and then cross the steppes to the east to the sea.

So now that the Rurik Kingdom is contacting the Orc Tribe Senate, will it have something to do with this matter?

It's just that I heard that the natural environment of the place at the junction of the Icecrown Mountains and the Death Sand Sea is harsh, and it is estimated that it will not work if you use the same land to pull the dragon and pull the cart as in the Elven Tree Sea, and the feed and drinking water for the dragon are enough to choke, unless the farmland is reclaimed along the way to grow fodder.

Looking at it this way, could it be that the Rurik Kingdom has mastered some kind of locomotive technology, and it has been initially successful?

Charles speculated all sorts of possibilities, and if the locomotive did succeed, no matter what kind of power it used, it would be a big innovation.

And Charles does not underestimate the imagination and creativity of intelligent beings in this world, since they can use the earth to pull the train, then it is not surprising that they drove the car to the tracks to pull the carriage that day.

Although the cars on the railroad tracks in his hometown are all engineering vehicles, maybe the elves and demons who can't wait will drive the cars on the rails first, at least the head of the car is better than the earth dragon.

Just when Charles was thinking nonsense, Lao Zang, who stewed the pork offal, came to the living room and chatted with Charles about the things on the Tianshan Mountain, and he introduced Charles to the monsters and monsters that he often encountered on the mountain.

"Snow Maiden?" Charles asked in surprise, as if he had heard something terrible.

Lao Zang nodded and said, "Many people claim to have seen the Snow Maiden when it snowed. ”

"The Snow Maiden is said to have light purple hair, a white hat, and a dark blue and white dress......"

"Skirt?!" Charles was even more surprised.

"That's right. Lao Zang nodded and said, "No matter how bad the weather has been for many years, she is always wearing a long dress." ”

Charles rubbed his chin and said, "In this way, this snow girl is either extremely strong, or she is not a human or an orc at all. ”

"Hmm. Lao Zang replied, "We suspect she's actually a goblin." ”

Charles nodded, and it made sense to be a goblin.

After the pork offal was stewed, Lao Zang returned to the dining room, took out two large bowls from the cupboard, divided the pork offal in the pot into two bowls and poured them in.

Then he picked up the clay jar of salt on the table and used the small spoon inside to add a little salt to his own portion of pork offal, and then made a saturated solution of salt for the bowl of pork offal that Charles had prepared.

"Charles, let's have dinner first!" Lao Zang called out to the living room.

As a result, there was no sound in the living room, and Lao Zang walked to the living room to find that Charles was no longer there.

"I actually ran away. Lao Zang muttered to himself depressedly, and at the same time felt a little sorry for the salt.

Outside the house, Charles, dressed in full mountaineering gear, was gliding through the snowstorm.

He guessed that Lao Zang would take revenge on him, so he ran away decisively after finishing what he had to do.