Chapter 430: The Royal City
The people of the black bear caravan carried the goods to the giant bear's back and tied them up, and while they were moving, some people secretly glanced at Shao Xuan's side, and then discussed with the companions next to them in a low voice.
"What's the matter with that kid?"
"I don't know, it doesn't look special, who knew it would be so fierce, that foot, tsk. ”
"Mao Da said that the kid will go to the royal city with us, and we will inquire on the way. ”
Over there, Mao Da's face was embarrassed, even if he was thick-skinned, he couldn't help but have a hot face, he bragged a lot before, now think about it, the people of Yanjiao are senior hunters, tribes living in the deep mountains and wild forests, and they have seen countless giant beasts, these bears, they may not really look at them, and this kind of giant bear is trained to move goods, not a combat type, so even if the temper is sometimes not very good, but in terms of ferocity, it is far inferior to other fierce beasts living in the mountains and forests.
Seven giant bears lay on the ground, and the people in the team carried the goods up, some of them yawned lazily, stretched out their bear paws and pulled their ears, and there was nothing fierce at all.
"Alright, the goods are all moved, and we can go. Someone over there said to Maoda.
Mao Da nodded, "Did the people in front of you come over?"
"Not yet...... Oh, here it is. ”
Shao Xuan heard their words and looked in one direction. Two figures sped from a distance, and did not stop until they ran in front of Mao Da.
"The ones in front of us have been cleared. A big man said in a loud voice.
"Datouer can go, and the head is waiting in front. The other of the two continued.
"Hmm. Mao Da waved his hand, let go of his voice and shouted: "Let's go!"
Roar -
The bear at the front got up and shook his fur, and roared vigorously, this is just the older one in the caravan, when he went down the mountain just now. Although it sensed the aura of Shao Xuan and Guangyi, the two strangers, and also felt dangerous, it did not attack impulsively, compared to the other giant bears, it was calmer, and Mao Da let it be the lead bear. This can also play a leading role, and sometimes it can also suppress the scene.
Shao Xuantong also hurriedly followed.
In addition to the seven giant bears carrying a lot of goods, there were also several large wooden carts with two rollers, which were round wheels made of the disc-shaped hard bones of some kind of giant beast, and were said to be extremely hard, and they were traded from the tribesmen. The wooden cart is not all wood, there are some metal objects in some of the details of the connection, and there is a layer of more complete beast armor under the wooden board, so that the cart is not easy to fall apart.
A team of about 200 people. Walk on the mountain trail.
The mountain road is not a deliberately paved road, and if you walk more, it becomes a road.
Because there are often human activities, the frequency of felling will be higher, so the trees that grow are not as big as those in the mountain forest, and there are no towering ancient trees that cannot be surrounded by twenty or thirty people.
Some of the branches sticking out of the two sides of the mountain road were cut in the past, and there are also traces of new branches being cut down, after all, the giant bear falls on all fours. The back height is also four or five meters, plus the goods that are tied. It's higher, so the branches on the road get in the way.
Shao Xuan learned from his conversations with the caravan that a few days before each caravan departed, a team would go out first to clear the road and remove the branches and large stones on the ground. As well as the various people and traps in ambush, etc., are all cleared so that the caravan can move smoothly, which will also save time.
When passing by some places, Shao Xuan smelled blood, not a beast. It's human. The number of hunts is so great that it is possible to distinguish from the smell which ones are human and which ones are the blood of wild beasts.
Several young bears in the group were a little agitated or excited by the smell of blood, and they barked a few times and their steps were disordered. It was only after the leading bear roared that the few calmed down.
After the team walked for a long time, they met a team of nearly 100 people waiting there, this is the person who cleared the mountain road first, the leader was Mao Da's own brother Mao Jin, who looked seven points similar to Mao Da, when the team arrived, he was sitting on the stone on the side of the road, rubbing the blood-stained weapon with grass.
Mao Da just glanced at the people waiting there, and had a guess in his heart about the obstacles that Mao Jin and the others might encounter, so he didn't ask too much. After the team met with Mao Jin's people, they rested there for a while, and the team of nearly four hundred people set off again.
Such a team is already relatively large in the caravan, and with such an obvious sign as the seven giant bears, people who don't have that ability will also put their minds on this team, so there are not many people who encounter robbery at the beginning, only those who have no brains and are greedy, come out and send them to death.
When he was resting at night, Mao Jin asked Shao Xuan while gnawing on meat: "What are you doing in Wangcheng?"
"Go find someone. Shao Xuan said.
"Who are you looking for, do you need us to help you? If you need it, don't hold back, we will definitely help if you say it, and the reward will not be much, how about it?" Mao Jin wiped the oil on his mouth, "Just a glowing stone like yours." You see, you haven't been to Wangcheng before, and you don't know much about it, but we often go over there, and we are familiar with it, so we can save a lot of things. ”
Mao Jin looked at the people very roughly, but like the people in the caravan, his brain turned fast, he was not the kind of person who only grew tall and did not have a brain, and now in order to persuade Shao Xuan, he also analyzed all kinds of pros and cons.
Guangyi couldn't recognize who Mao Jin was, and thought it was Mao Da who spoke, but this didn't interfere, he also agreed with this, since he didn't know about Wangcheng, the reputation of the people in the Black Bear Caravan was okay, and it was a good idea to ask them for help, but it was Shao Xuan who made the decision, and Guangyi didn't intervene, no matter how Mao Jin made his eyes, Guangyi didn't snort.
Shao Xuan thought for a while and said, "Since you are familiar with Wang Cheng, I would like to ask you about someone first." ”
When Mao Jin heard that there was a play, he hurriedly said, "You say." ”
Even Maoda sat down when he heard this.
"Do you know this person?" asked Shao Xuan.
As soon as they heard "Ji", the Maoda brothers looked solemn, "But the 'Ji' surnamed Liubu Wang?"
"That's right. ”
The Maoda brothers glanced at each other, a little hesitant in their hearts, people related to the surname Wang are easy to get involved in a lot of things, but if it is a good thing. It will also bring great opportunities!
Mao Da rubbed his big palms, pondered it, and said, "If you are talking about the 'Golden Valley' Jiju, we have heard some about him, but we have never seen a real person. ”
"'Golden Valley' Jiju?" Shao Xuan was surprised. Does the old man still have a nickname?
Mao Da nodded, "It is said that most of the grain produced in the fields in Jiju's hands is golden, and it is quite popular with nobles and tribesmen, and it is better than other people's planting, so he is called 'Golden Valley', and this title has followed him since he was young." Ji Ju this person has a high status in the royal city. However, I haven't heard much about Jiju this year. ”
Mao Jin also said: "Think about it this way. It seems to be true. In the past, we could hear some things about Jiju every year, but from last year to now, every time we go to Wangcheng, we have not heard about Jiju. ”
"It is said that Kiju seems to have found something good again. Maoda touched his chin and his eyes sparkled.
After speaking, looking at Shao Xuan, Mao Da suggested: "It's better to be like this, let's help you inquire after we get to Wangcheng." ”
"Thank you in advance. Shao Xuan said.
Depart from outside the city of Antigua and Barbuda. I walked for another nine days.
"It's almost there, and the front is within the boundaries of the royal city. Mauda pointed ahead. To Shao Xuandao.
As far as you can see, you don't see tall walls or buildings, but you can see fields of different colors and some low houses.
"Those were the places that belonged to the nobles, and those who lived in the low houses were their slaves. Mao Da explained to Shao Xuan and commanded the team to walk down an avenue. That's it. If you don't take this avenue, you will be killed as an intruder with ulterior motives. Because, except for this road, the rest of the place was full of fiefdoms of slave owners outside the city. It is a private site.
There is not a single grass on the dirt road about 20 meters wide, probably because of the dense traffic, the soil on the ground is rolled solidly, and the traces of various wheels are also very shallow.
There were also more people walking around, large and small teams, stepping on the avenue in turn, on both sides of the avenue there were teams in leather armor guarding, those guards held weapons in their hands were all metal weapons, with a solemn face, their eyes like knives swept towards the passing team, as if they would find something wrong and kill them with a spear mercilessly.
Some people trembled in such a position that they almost fell when they walked.
The black bear caravan is more conspicuous here, and the people in front of it also quickly get out of the way, and the guards next to the avenue know who it is when they look at the giant bears, and one of them also laughs and talks with Mao Da, and receives the two furs given by Mao Da, and his eyes are narrowed with a smile, and the fur quality of the black bear caravan has always been relatively good.
The cannibalistic mouth is short and the man's hand is short, and the leading guard also helped them clear the road, allowing the slow-moving caravans that stood in the way to get out of the way.
This kind of thing has been taken for granted, no one thinks it is unreasonable, even if there are unconvinced, they can only hold back, even if it is the first time to come over, I don't think there is anything wrong with it, the rules of the world are like this.
The team continued to move forward, Shao Xuan thought that he would soon arrive at the royal city, but he didn't think about it, and walked for another half a day before he saw the shadow of the city wall.
If it was Anti-Barbuda City, the giant bear would not be allowed to enter, but the royal city allowed it, this is the power, they are not afraid of such a giant bear making trouble in the royal city, and they are absolutely sure that it will be settled.
The walls of the royal city are made of whole boulders, each boulder is four to five meters long, two to three meters wide, and more than one meter thick, and Shao Xuan can see that most of the stones of these city bricks are intermediate stones, and in some places, such as those near the city gates, there are even a few stones that are close to high-grade.
With such good stone, it turned out to be just a city wall, which can only be said to be extravagant.
It was getting late, Mao Da led the team to the station of their black bear caravan in Wangcheng, asked people to unload the goods, and led the seven giant bears to the animal pen to take care of them, while he took Shao Xuan and Guangyi to meet the leader "Black Bear". To find Jiju, it is better to be led by a "black bear". (To be continued......)
PS: I'm sorry everyone, I can't do the three watches that I said, and there is only one watch tonight. I thought I would be a lot more idle after resigning, but I found that things had changed a lot...... It will be much better tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, even if it can't make up for yesterday's and today's two changes, normal updates are still okay.