Chapter 9: The Caravan

Stephen Chow first changed into a set of clothes, and then slipped into the tavern to inquire about information. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Normally, the tavern is a good place for Aboriginal bragging and pretending, and it is a place where all sorts of drunks can be heard bragging about their glorious past. One day allowed Stephen Chow to get a lot of useful information, but due to the vision of the aborigines, most of the information was limited to the northern region. This planet is very similar to Saturn, with the blue star as the standard, Saturn is more than 700 times its volume, and the maximum distance known from the aborigines is only the southern wind valley, and it takes about a month to travel, and I am afraid that the maximum area distance is less than half of Middle-earth.

If we use a light-up map to mark it, the only area of intelligent life that is known so far is a small dusty dot on the planet.

Stephen Chow was a bit disappointed by the exploration area of the indigenous civilization, but it makes sense considering the extent of the current civilization. To fully explore such a large planet, it would take a long time to scan even with a floating city.

As a legendary-level alchemist, Stephen Zhou is [immortal], although immortality does not mean immortality, but he still has a lot of time to squander. The alchemist's pursuit of immortality in life is easy, but it is very difficult to pursue immortality.

As for the immortality of the soul, it is the ultimate mystery of alchemy!

The tavern sells ale wine, which is not only low in alcohol, has no aroma, but has a rough taste, cloudy liquor, and a sour taste. But even this kind of wine is a rare treat for the aborigines, and most townspeople are satisfied with just ordering a glass. This is almost difficult for Stephen Zhou, who is accustomed to top-quality wine, the food is the simplest cooking method, there are no pepper, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, honey, cream and other seasonings, just cook and grill and touch the salt, sugar is a luxury, spices are extremely expensive.

After a brief observation, Stephen Chow quickly locked on his target.

It was a bearded, middle-aged male human, a man of the South, a tall man, armed with a two-handed sword, a merchant and a warrior, who traveled between the South and the Windy City to sell medicinal herbs, furs, and metals.

He was the leader of a caravan with fifteen guards, six men, five camels, three carriages, and a daughter.

The caravan was about to go to Rinfeng City to deliver the goods, the goods were spices, crafts and cloth from the South, the daughter was the head of the caravan, and there were seven Southerners in the guard, three Highlanders, two Dwarves, two half-elves and one Argonian, all of whom were Southerners, and looked obviously shrewd by the Normans. After initial contact with the intelligent races of this world, Stephen Zhou became more and more sure that this planet had suffered interstellar colonization. Alien races have introduced races, animals, and plants from many other worlds, and have undergone mutations in intersecting with native creatures, and there have been serious signs of regression in civilization, but the exact cause is unknown.

Stephen motioned for the heavily makeup-clad maid in the tavern to come over, then pulled out a few silver coins and stuffed them into the other's chest and whispered a few words.

Soon the barmaid brought a plate with a smile and placed a glass of ale in front of the merchants, and she smiled and pointed to Stephen Zhou's position and said, "That guest invited you!"

For a moment, many eyes were cast.

The middle-aged man at the head frowned slightly, gave a look to the person next to him, and then sat directly in front of Stephen Zhou with a glass of ale, this citizen of the southern realm was close to two meters two, even if he sat down, he was a head taller than Stephen Zhou, he put down the ale heavily like an old river and said: "Eden, the president of the Maple Leaf Chamber of Commerce." Why did you suddenly invite us for a drink?"

After speaking, he couldn't help but look Stephen Zhou up and down.

After a simple cleanup, Stephen Zhou finally didn't look like a savage, Eden focused on his palms, without any calluses, looking fair and slender, it seemed that he had not received any combat training and hard work at all, and his skin was delicate like a woman, which must be pampered for a long time to make a man so delicate. This kind of person is generally born very well, either the son of a nobleman or a wealthy businessman, but the people of the north are fierce unless he is a noble lady who will raise him like this, otherwise even the children of the nobility will have calluses on their hands after training.

The danger is low.

Eden judged Stephen Zhou's height and size, and immediately lowered his danger to below a civilian, such a 'little man' could be easily defeated by the guys in his caravan, and the other party didn't even have a weapon on him.

"Stephen Chow. ”

He looked at the burly man in front of him and smiled, "A wandering troubadour." I heard that you're going to Windy City, and the road hasn't been very smooth lately, so I'd like to take a ride along the way. ”

"Of course, I'll pay. ”

Troubadour?

Sure enough, they are young people born in the nobility, only they can be so boring.

In order to make himself more convincing, Stephen Zhou stood up and smiled: "If I encounter robbers on the road, I am worried that I will not be able to cope with it alone." So I hope you'll drop me off at Windwind, and I'll leave on my own when there. ”

Hitchhiking is something that caravans often encounter.

There can be many dangers in the wilderness, whether it is a townsman or a traveler who leaves his place of residence, he will take a car, visit relatives and friends, carry goods and piggyback on gifts, and small caravans will occasionally earn some extra money. Bring your own dry food and follow the caravan forward, usually one or two silver coins are enough, if there is a request, the fee will be higher. The Maple Leaf caravan followed a group of single-gang traveling merchants, both in the south and in the north, the southern border followed all the way to the high fee, and the northern border joined halfway to the low fee, basically the escorted caravan may encounter the traveling merchant who wants to take a ride when staying. Occasionally, there are also townspeople on the road who want to go to other places, basically in groups or with caravans, and it takes courage and strength to move alone in the wilderness.

"Twelve silver coins. In the morning, we will meet at the South Gate and depart. ”

After making sure that Stephen Zhou was not in danger, Eden smiled and raised his glass to touch him, and then returned to his seat, and when he saw him return, the other caravan guards raised their wine glasses and gestured to Stephen Zhou, and then took a sip and blew the cowhide loudly. They wouldn't have drunk this glass of wine if Eden hadn't talked to Stephen Chow, and the caravan guards were seasoned veterans.

Twelve silver coins can improve the food of the caravan guards for a week.

Eden looked at Stephen Chow as if he was a rich man, and quoted him the highest price for the guard.

After negotiating, Stephen Zhou found a hotel to rest for the night, wooden houses, the bedding was very dirty, the bowls were pottery, and the bed was covered with dry grass, and there were small flea-like bugs in it, this Nima was still a single room, and there were snoring sounds on all sides at night, and occasionally the guards could hear the call of cheap warblers.

It was Stephen Chow's first day in an indigenous civilization.

Early the next morning he came to the vicinity of the south gate, where a large number of people had gathered, three or five small traders who were going to go to the city of Winds to sell furs, a townsman who was on the way to visit relatives, and a small group of traveling merchants who had followed all the way to sell goods, the team of fifty or sixty people, six or seven camels, five carriages, and a few other animals carrying goods, and the smell of dung filled the air.

In charge of collecting the money was Eden's daughter, a young woman with a veil.

The cold wind in the north is like a knife, and the caravan does not wash its faces, whether men or women go out to run merchants, so it looks dirty on the face, but this can also protect the skin of the face, otherwise it is easy to dry out and get frostbite.

It took a while for the team to set off, Eden's daughter collected the money and ran to count the goods, they would buy some medicinal herbs and sell them in Rinfeng City, and the caravan had to feed more than a dozen guards, and the profits were accumulated little by little. The others were walking with the group, and before leaving, Eden came to Stephen Zhou's side and said loudly, "There's a camel beast over there, if you feel tired of walking, you can go up and sit for a while." ”

This kind of treatment is not available to anyone else.

The camel beast is a large animal, belonging to the mixed race of the earthly dragon, omnivorous, with humps before and after, single horns, thick limbs, a bit like a rhinoceros, and a mild temperament after domestication.

This thing tastes the same as a war horse.

The most important members of the caravan were these camels, and they were the only ones who could travel long distances to transport large quantities of goods, and they were cared for by specially equipped veterinarians and men.

The speed of the mighty group of people is not slow, the endurance of the human race in this world is very good, the soles of the feet are thick and thick, and there is no need to rest at all when they walk dozens of miles, and the Normans with great strength can still carry dozens of pounds of fur on their backs to follow. The caravan guards had horses but didn't ride much, and spent half of the time leading, probably to save horsepower, and occasionally the roads were muddy and had to be pulled by horses.

There was a half-hour break at noon.

Eden's daughter saw that Stephen Zhou didn't bring any salute and called him over to eat, the food was a hodgepodge of shelves in a pot, the caravan guards had two parts of meat in a pot, the caravan guys only had a little jerky in a pot, and the others basically brought their own dry food.

As the leader of the caravan, Eden ate with the guards, and his daughter also sat next to him and ate in small bites, although he was from the south, he was also close to one meter eight and five in height, his amber eyes were large, and he would peek at Stephen from time to time, but he couldn't help but be a little disappointed after comparing his height.

Although the poet looked handsome, he was too small and a little thin.

The caravan guards basically didn't talk much, and the most nagging one was actually the wurmite, with green skin, lizard head, dark red eyes, and sharp teeth, who were descendants of the wurms who had been bred for many generations, and basically didn't inherit any abilities, but they had a lot of strength and a high resistance to toxins.

Basically, unless you awaken to become a dragon warlock, there is only so much talent for the wurm species.

Most of the Argonians in this world have multiplied for many generations, some have been mixed with the Lizardmen, and only the nobles of Dragon City still retain the blood of the Half-Dragons, and these nobles basically do not intermarry with the outside world.

No one reacted to the existence of the Argonians, and it seemed that the world had completed a certain degree of racial integration over a long period of time.