A day and a night of galloping, not easy even for the well-trained knights, Liang Ke trodden through the wetlands to the north before nightfall the next day, and finally came to the Gallic wasteland on the west side of the blue bay. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info A few days ago, the young boy had brought a letter, and Prague sat on a huge rock on the high ground with the handle of an axe like a rock, waiting for his master's arrival. The young man in the sky chirped, and the giant man opened his eyes, and his eyes showed unconcealable joy, and he got up and put the giant axe on his shoulder, and strode north to meet it.

"Your Excellency, you're finally back. Praggart screamed and ran to Liang Ke, tears flashing in his eyes, and he said angrily: "My lord!

Liang Ke jumped down from Sanduo's back, raised his hand and punched Braggot in the waist and abdomen, and asked with a smile: "Why is it a bitter gourd face, is it that you have been bullied by Little Tucker again?"

"My lord!" Braggett looked at the knights behind Liang Ke, and said with a sad face: "How can little Tucker bully me? You don't know how hard it is here, there is not even a pig and beast here, and every meal is a fishy salted fish, let's go back to Binuk! Otherwise, it is okay to go to Naronto, just go to Little Tucker's house, but he promised to let me drink their ale." ”

Braggett's words made Liang Ke notice that the big man was a little thinner than when they were separated, and he hurriedly restrained his laughter and said seriously: "My good brother, I have worked hard for you! Go, take me to the station, as long as I am here, I will not make everyone hungry." ”

After walking along the gentle slope at their feet for about half an hour, Liang Ke and the others finally came to a flat sandbank, the wide sandbar was like a silver plate, and the center of the silver plate was a small clear lake, and by the soft moonlight, several springs in the lake could be seen gurgling upwards and gushing out of the springs. There are several hanging towers and wooden houses scattered around the shore of the lake, and the temporary residence chosen by Kekeba is on the northernmost one, where it is backed by a rocky hill less than 100 meters high, surrounded by dense coconut groves on the left and right, and the whole view of the sandbar can be seen below, Liang Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly, and he didn't want to fight, why was he so cautious?

The watchtower had already been erected on the tall coconut tree, and it was little Tucker who was on duty tonight, and he stood on the tower, and when he saw Praggart running in front of Sanduo from a distance, he shouted excitedly.

"Your Excellency! ”

Piedro and the others had not yet fallen asleep, and when they heard Tucker's cry, they got up and ran out of a short coat, and the others came out one after another. Xin Jiaer put on a small coat and ran out, met the old Simon at the door, saw Simon's strange eyes and realized his gaffe, and quickly ran back to the house with a red face to change clothes, and then came out to greet Liang Ke.

On the corridor, everyone took advantage of the moonlight to ask Liang Ke long and short questions, and asked Liang Ke to explain his romantic history in the imperial capital. In the end, it was the Holy Maiden Lena who relieved Liang Ke and asked everyone not to affect Liang Ke's rest, and after everyone dispersed, she began to ask about Gandosa's recent situation. Liang Ke could only tell the truth, reassuring her not to be in a hurry, and to wait patiently for news from Master Megan. Although Lena was in an urgent mood, she also knew that Gandosa's situation was worrying, and it was not easy to get out of trouble, so she had to go back to meditate and pray for her lover. Liang Ke also returned to the simple wooden house prepared for him and went to bed early, this kind of long-distance galloping, even his iron-like body could not bear it, and within three minutes of lying down, Liang Ke fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, Piedro set off with the troll guards to pick up Joanna and the others, and Cocoba also came to Liang Ke's wooden house early, had breakfast with Liang Ke, and reported the latest situation in the territory.

The Gallic wastelands are indeed scarce, as evidenced by the breakfast. Liang Ke and Kekeba's breakfast consisted of a small piece of salted fish, a few unknown greens, and two slices of black bread. Liang Ke stared at the food on the plate and frowned, no wonder everyone has lost a lot of weight, eating such food every day will reduce their physical function after a long time.

"My Commander, don't we have any gold coins?" Liang Ke flipped the slice of pickled fish without oil stars, and asked Cocoba with a bitter face.

"My lord, there are still some gold coins, and on the way here, according to your orders, we sold some of the amethyst, and used the gold coins to buy some wheat flour and daily necessities, but you would never have imagined how barren this place is. ”

Cocoba washed the black bread down with light water, then took out a hand-drawn map from the skin on his body, unfolded it and spread it on the table, regardless of whether Liang Ke had finished eating, and anxiously introduced the current situation of the Gallic wasteland.

"Your Excellency, please look!" Cocoba pressed the four corners of the map with his empty cup, pointed to the map and said: "This is our territory, the Gallic Wasteland, I have read the official documents you brought back last night, to the east to the west shore of the Ranser Gulf, to the south to the north shore of the Lancer Sea, to the north to the edge of the Shanka Gobi, and to the west to the outer edge of the Borneo wetlands, all of which are your territory, covering almost one-third of the province of Marinco. This territory seems to be huge, but in fact there is not much land with value. ”

Liang Ke picked up a piece of salted fish, put it in the bread slice and chewed it slowly, nodded to Cocoba, and motioned for him to continue.

"The Lancer Sea looks beautiful, the water is crystal clear, but the salt content in the sea is very large, and the continuous erosion of the tide over the years has made this seaside land full of salt, except for some salt-tolerant bryophytes, it is almost impossible to cultivate any crops, so the main food of the people here is a variety of marine fish and freshwater fish and shrimp in the western wetlands.

In terms of population, there are more than a dozen free settlements like this in the entire territory, all of which have a combined population of less than 3,000 people, and Gaul was originally a major place for the exile of prisoners in the Gallent Empire, and over the years, the inhabitants here are either bandits or profiteers, so the people are extremely strong, and we have had several conflicts with the locals after we came, and Pidero's long knife made them suffer, which ensured everyone's safety.

There was almost no economy to speak of, everyone lived a self-sufficient life, and occasionally they would exchange some daily necessities with some passing sea caravans, sell some necessary supplies to the sailors and sailors, and then the sea tribes would occasionally come ashore and trade with the locals, and over time they would form the 'fang market' of the local population. ”

Hearing this, Liang Ke finally became a little interested, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and then asked out loud, "Sea Clan?"

"What's the matter? Your Excellency doesn't know about the Sea Clan?"

"I know a little, but I don't know much, now that we're neighbors with the Sea Clan, tell me about it. Liang Ke put down the teacup and listened carefully to Cocoba's explanation.

"The sea tribes live in the vast ocean, they are supposed to be the largest group in the world, they have the same physical characteristics as us humans, but unlike fish, they breathe by gills, they breathe by a Bo Oxygen pearl in their body. Due to the special structure of their skin, they need to be immersed in water, and if they go ashore for a long time, their skin will crack and even die, just like those swordfish people encountered at Cape Rambet.

The territory of the Sea Clan is vast, there are many soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is also quite amazing, if it is not limited by the rules and cannot go ashore for a long time, I am afraid that the current Miano is the world of the Sea Clan. ”

When it comes to military topics, Kekeba can always shine with a different brilliance, and next, he talked about the characteristics of the main combat arms of the Sea Clan, to the subordinate relationship between them, the communication methods deployed, and all the way to a few limited small-scale war cases with humans, Liang Ke poured water for him twice, and then he finished speaking.

Liang Ke put down the teapot, handed the water cup to Kekeba again, and then asked, "What is the matter with the sea caravan you mentioned? ”

Kekeba put down the teacup, rubbed his hands, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I'm just hearsay, the location of Lancer Bay is quite special, like a natural haven, and further south I heard that there are many small coral islands, and those small islands form a chain of islands, so all merchant ships need to pass through here, and occasionally dock for supplies." ”

Liang Ke heard a huge business opportunity from Kekeba's words, he quickly interrupted Kekeba and asked: "Since the location of the land here is so important, why didn't a port be built here?"

Kekeba touched his smooth chin and replied with a frown, "This...... Maybe it's too barren to be of interest to merchants, or maybe the road to the imperial capital is too difficult to walk for a port! Oh, by the way, further east through Lancer Bay is the Empire's largest port city, 'Wind and Fort', where fleets will trade. ”

Liang Ke frowned after hearing this, it was not a good thing to have such a powerful neighbor by his side, he had to make another plan.

"And what about the Sea Clan's Fang City?"

"I've been to this market, it's open once a week, and today seems to be the open day of the market, just on the coast, the sea tribe has a lot of specialties, and they are also very interested in our ironware, and some of the dishes cooked by the vendors are also very popular, after all, the sea tribe can't open the fire to cook and smelt. ”

"Oh?" Liang Ke stood up excitedly when he heard the news.

"Let's go, take me there now. ”

After Liang Ke finished speaking, he pulled the cocoba and walked out, and the two of them did not take a mount, walked through the hanging towers, and walked all the way to Fang City on the soft fine sand. Liang Ke could see from the dilapidated hanging towers and the washed white clothes of the people that there were almost no rich people here, and that people's eyes were full of sadness and despair, and they worked numbly to maintain a difficult life.

Brightly dressed, he passed by these people, and did not attract everyone's attention, probably thinking that Liang Ke was also a noble lord who got down and down from those big ships to see the scenery, and he would naturally leave after seeing enough of the beautiful scenery. Liang Ke and Kekeba walked and stopped, occasionally exchanged a few words with the local natives, and all they heard were some complaining and frustrating words, Liang Ke's heart was heavy, and there was an indescribable depression. After walking for nearly an hour, Liang Ke walked out of the last hanging tower area and saw the bustling market on the coast, which made his mood a little better.

On the southern beach, there is a protruding reef that protrudes into the sea, and the coastal residents have built a simple trestle bridge with coconut trees along the direction of the reef that is 50 meters long and four or five meters wide.