Chapter 17: The Dark Tower
The territory of the Moon Dynasty is vast, but beyond the Great Moon Dynasty, there is much more to it.
When the Great Yan Empire was in its infancy, a warrior led a team of elite soldiers and fierce generals to the west out of the imperial capital to find the end of the sky. This trip has gone through a lot of hardships, has been to the west of the road of four or five million miles, encountered a towering mountain range, the local people call it Tianmai Mountain, not only tall, there is a strong wind, birds can not cross, apes can not climb, even if it is a human immortal, can not climb this mountain range, this line of people turned around and returned. Some say it's the end of the sky, others say it's on the other side, there should be people......
When he was in the Jiangfu of Taiping City, Jiang Ning saw this record in the classics and frightened him.
Four or five million miles, and there should be more than two million miles in a straight line.
Moreover, there is an even wider infinite sea to the east.
How big should this world be?
One is the "big" "empire".
One is the Great Moon Dynasty, which is a self-proclaimed statement.
In fact, many people directly refer to the Great Moon Dynasty as the Great Moon Dynasty, or the Moon Dynasty.
Compared with the two, it is obvious that the Moon Dynasty is far less powerful than the Great Yan Empire, and at present, the Moon Dynasty is only barely unifying the territory of the "Terran".
In addition to the Terran territory, in addition to the infinite sea, there are also rain plains, Qiang plains, and wastelands.
This plain does not refer to the plains and plateaus, but refers to the vast and sparsely populated places. Compared with the territory of the human race, the living environment of the three "plains" is relatively harsh. But there are plains, forests, river valleys, mountains, rivers, lakes and swamps, and there are also some human beings.
The Terrans call them the Rain People, the Qiang People, and the Wild People, but in fact, they are all human beings, and many of the Rain Tribe, the Qiang Tribe, and the Wild People may be quite different from the Terrans in appearance. But in Jiang Ning's eyes, it is also normal, a small blue star in the previous life, there are so many races, and this is a world thousands of times, or even tens of thousands of times.
In addition to the difference in appearance, there is also a difference in personality. Because of the harsh living environment, these races are relatively fierce, and often enter the territory of the human race, burning, killing and plundering.
When the Great Yan Empire was strong, it sent troops to carry out thousands of years of purge, and under the forced suppression of the Great Yan Empire, all ethnic groups and countries in the Three Plains had to surrender or submit, which made the Terran border gradually peaceful.
At the beginning of the thousand-year-old war, new changes have taken place in the situation of various ethnic groups and countries in the three plains.
Many tribes in the depths have regained their independence from the jurisdiction or fetters of the Terrans, but most of the border countries and ethnic groups are still dependent on the Terrans for survival, such as the Maniang Kingdom.
The people of all ethnic groups and countries who were separated from the jurisdiction of the Moon Dynasty gradually became estranged from the human race.
Those who continue to be attached to the human race are also different from thousands of years ago, in the past, in order to supervise these tribes, the Great Yan Empire placed many tribes in the border areas and supervised them.
The outbreak of the thousand-year-old war, the number of the human race declined rapidly, and most of the cities outside the city became a wilderness, some radical leaders of the wild tribe saw this opportunity, and led their tribesmen to march into the fertile hinterland of the human race, and now even in the suburbs of the Gyeonggi region of the Yue Dynasty, you can see some of the people of the wild tribe.
Licheng County is located on the border, and it is even more obvious, and the desolate tribe accounts for almost half of the population. Most live outside the city, but some live inside the city.
There are dozens of steps from Jiangning's house to the wine store, and there are four families in between, among which there is a family surnamed Fuluo, which is a deserted person, they make a living by striking iron, and the head of the family Fuluo Hutie has good craftsmanship, but the home is here, and the workshop is in Zhongcheng District.
After getting off duty, Jiang Ning went to the wine shop for dinner as usual.
When I passed by Fura's house, I saw that Fuluo's family was packing their things. Not only was he packing his things, but there were also some people around his door, and Fuluo Hutie's wife was standing at the door talking to them.
Jiang Ning walked over curiously, listened on the side, and heard Fuluo Hutie's wife talking to these people about the price of the house.
Jiang Ning and their family are neighbors, and they usually have a good relationship, and they will greet each other when they meet.
So Jiang Ning asked curiously: "Uncle Fuluo, you are selling the house to leave." ”
"Knife book, yes, we're going to the Dark Tower. ”
"The Dark Tower?"
"One of the holy places of our Moon Wolf Clan. ”
There are also some places suitable for human life in the three plains, but most of the areas are relatively harsh, and even if they themselves, they are often not familiar with their own interiors, and the same is true of what the Terrans know about them.
In order to show their identification, most of them are collectively referred to as the Rain Tribe, the Qiang Tribe, and the Wild Tribe, but there are also many obvious differences within the three tribes, so there are terms such as the Sand Clan, the Shark Clan, and the Zerg Clan. The Desolate Clan is also a general name, there are also countless tribes, and there are some independent kingdoms, the Moon Wolf Clan is one of the largest tribes in the Desolate Clan, very fierce, once invaded the Terran Helmet Culprit, now there is no such saying. Fuluo is a royal surname of the Moon Wolf Clan.
"The holy land of the Moon Wolf Clan, why did you take this strange term?"
"It's just a name, if you think about it too much, does the person with the surname black look black?"
"Yes, but since it is the holy land of your wolf clan, it should be in the Northern Wilderness. ”
"yes. ”
"The Northern Wilderness is a very hard ......"
The Northern Wilderness is not only barren, but also extremely cold in winter, making it difficult to survive. With the income of the Fuluo Hutie family in Licheng, it is obviously not a good choice to leave Licheng and return to the Northern Wilderness.
"The conditions are not as good as Licheng, but where, there is no fraud, no contempt, no estrangement......"
Jiang Ning was speechless to respond.
Like the Fura family, many desolate tribes have lived in the territory of the human race for generations, and these desolate tribes have gradually appeared in two situations.
Some merged with the Terrans and sent warriors to join the armies of the Terran nations to assist them in their conquests.
The bear family is a good example, in order to integrate, their family has a tradition, at least every two or three generations, the children of the family must marry the human race, which has been recognized by the human race and gradually grown. Now the Xiong family has not only become the Liupin family, but each generation of the head of the family has served as an important official in Licheng, and has also become the most powerful family in Licheng.
However, most of the desolate tribes have not been able to integrate well with the human race because of differences in appearance, living habits, personality and other aspects.
Take Jiang Ning's aesthetics as an example, the Fuluo family is a typical moon wolf clan, with thick hair and an abrupt big mouth. Some people call them half-orcs, which is insulting, but if Jiang Ning is allowed to marry their woman and share the same bed, Jiang Ning will also shout, the concubine can't do it.
Therefore, although they have lived with the Terrans for a long time, in the eyes of most of the Terrans, they are ugly in appearance, vulgar in life, barbaric, backward in civilization, and there are some rebellions from time to time.
In the eyes of the desolate people, many of them are cowardly, cunning and hypocritical, and the estrangement exists like a chasm.
Jiang Ning couldn't tell the right and wrong in the middle, so he said: "Uncle Fuluo, then I wish you a smooth journey." ”
"Thanks, but you're a good man, kid. ”
Don't take anything from a good person.
Jiang Ning was thinking about one thing in his heart.
It can't be said that Fuluo Hutie is wrong, the name is just a code name.
However, the wasteland is also implicated in an unforgettable history of the human race, thousands of years ago, the upper echelons of the Great Yan Empire were greedy and mediocre, and the people were not able to make a living, so a protracted turmoil broke out. But this turmoil cannot be regarded purely as an uprising of the common people, because the people who lead it are a group of demon cultivators, and their methods are very cruel. In the end, this rebellion was suppressed, and the Great Yan Empire was torn apart.
There are also some remnants of the demon cultivators who escaped by luck, and some fled into the wasteland, the Qiang plain, and even the rain plain.
The three plains are vast, the living environment is harsh, even if there are human beings surviving, relatively speaking, they are relatively scattered, many ethnic groups have never even interacted with the human race, where they fled to, and the human race is divided, the human race no longer has the strength to exterminate it.
"The Dark Tower...... It should just be a name, otherwise Fuluo Hutie wouldn't have said it with much fanfare. ”
When she came to the wine store, Aunt Li brought Jiang Ning a meal.
Jiang Ning was eating, and a few more guests came. Jiang Ning knew all of them, and several of them were Dao Hanqing's subordinates.
"The knife is booked. ”
"Uncle Duan, Uncle Liu, Brother Song. Jiang Ning arched his hand at them.
"Dao Shubin, something happened to the Dao family today. Uncle Duan said.
Dao Hanqing stayed at home to recuperate, his subordinates received a case, Uncle Duan and others went to the Dao family to find Dao Hanqing to inquire, and they saw the ugly scene of the Dao family.
A few days passed, and the case of Hongmao San's case gradually subsided, and even some of his subordinates outside the city were sent by Licheng to clear up according to the confessions of Hongmao's subordinates. Wanhualou is also closed, and it seems that the Niu family did not come forward for this Qinglou.
The bounties of the government were also successively allocated to Dao Hanqing and others, and Dao Hanqing took these bounties. With the help of Li Meng and Jiang Ning, Dao Hanqing turned all these rewards into cultivation resources. He had been stuck in the half-step innate Dacheng for several years, and the reason was that the Dao family was crowded out and did not provide cultivation resources.
It's understandable.
However, Dao Hanqing's three uncles began to be shameless.