Chapter 229: Demon Land
Trains can be fast or slow, and for Renault it is nothing more than a matter of words. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But Nash soon couldn't sit still.
Watching the scenery out the window go backwards and slowing down, his eyes were about to turn green.
He had asked people a lot before, and it was said that the train invented by Renault, once the speed went up, it couldn't slow down for half an hour, so he dared to start a gamble again.
Then try to provoke Renault to make the train go faster, so he can win with confidence.
But damn it, why is it only a few minutes that this broken car is crawling as slowly as a turtle?
If this continues, his second bet will be lost.
There are a lot of bets in this game, and just now his subordinates said that the total amount has exceeded 600,000 gold coins.
So he couldn't sit still any longer, he didn't have the calmness and calmness just now, and said with a forced smile: "Hehe, Lord Renault, if you go on like this, you're going to lose!"
"Oh? really?"
"My horse team is very selective, and it only takes five hours at most to get from Blackiron to Redwood. ”
Renault said in his heart, you just blow, the black whirlwind is so powerful to transform the horse, and it is only at this speed, he doesn't believe that those ordinary horses are more powerful than the black whirlwind.
But even if it takes 5 hours, you can't just accelerate at that time, and no matter how fast it is, it can't be faster than the train.
Seeing that Renault was not in a hurry, Nash was completely desperate.
At this time, there was a burst of cheers from the back carriage, and the time limit for the second game of gambling had arrived!
Nash stomped his foot hard and walked back, no longer having the demeanor he had when he first arrived.
"Hehe, congratulations, sir," Hank pulled a ticket out of his pocket, "this is the 100,000 bet I made for you just now, and you can have people collect the money now." ”
"Mr. Hank, you're so ruthless. ”
"Hehe, my lord has won the prize. ”
"There's still mine, help me get it back. Mia took the ticket from Julian, and when Renault saw it, it was actually 200,000 bets.
"Are you trying to bankrupt him?" said Renault, frowning, "it's not right to kill chickens and eggs." ”
Hank handed over all the gambling tickets to his little henchman and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this Nash is dozens of times richer than me." ”
Dozens of times Hank's net worth is much, even Renault is a little unimaginable, no wonder he dares to open such a big bet, he knew that he would bet more.
But after thinking about it, gambling is such a thing, a small gamble is pleasant, and a big gamble is a loser.
Just like his cheap dad, what's the point of losing only his pants in the end?
So it's good to win, not much.
With this in mind, he stopped asking about the gambling and ordered the train to move as fast as possible.
Woo woo -
The Grizzly blew its long whistle, spewing white smoke overhead, and sped towards Redwoodtown.
With a maximum speed of 100 kilometers and an average speed of about 60 kilometers, Renault seems to have returned to the years when he was on a business trip before, and suddenly missed "cigarettes, beer, mineral water, melon seeds, peanuts, and eight-treasure porridge".
"Look, look, there's a team of horses ahead!"
Ten minutes later, the carriage behind was boiling again, and hundreds of heads were sticking out of the windows at the same time, whistling at the resentful horse team.
Nash was squeezed into the corner of the carriage, crowded with elated winners in front of him.
Just calculated, he lost a total of 1 million gold coins, although this is not a fundamental injury to him, but it is also money.
And this time he came to Black Iron Town to buy the agency of Liucui Wine, but was rejected by that damn Hawkeye Hank, which was the most unbearable thing for him.
"Renault, just wait, you'll be looking good right away. ”
Avoiding the crowd, Nash sat in the corner and let a few of his subordinates protect him tightly.
Overtaking the horses, the train passed through the gaps in the mountains at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, leaving behind a trail of white smoke that gradually dispersed.
Yuki sat alone at the front of the luxury car, staring blankly at the ever-changing scenery outside the window, but the juice on the table did not move.
Every two minutes or so, her figure swayed abruptly, as she was instructed by Renault to check the railroad tracks in front of her from time to time.
200 kilometers is a long way, and the guards along the road are not yet in place, and Renault fears that there will be people with bad intentions to wreak havoc.
He didn't want the Grizzly to become the Titanic, and an irreparable disaster would happen on her maiden voyage.
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Eighty kilometers from Sequoia Town, there is a small basin of more than 1,000 acres between the mountains, which can always maintain the right humidity regardless of drought or flood, and the crops in the basin can grow very lush without fertilizing, and the yield is three times or more than that of other places.
The villagers guarded this secret together and lived on this magical land for hundreds of years.
Along the winding and bumpy path, the villagers used their only two wagons to bring the surplus grain to Redwood Town to sell and buy back the necessities of life.
Although the road is long and difficult to walk, it is exactly like this, and even Sequoia Town is not cared for. Moreover, there are gray stone mountains all around, and there are not even a few rats, let alone bandits, so although they are trapped in the mountains, the villagers are still accustomed to this kind of stability and peace, and they are reluctant to leave this place.
Four or five years ago, the land seemed to have lost the favor of the demon gods, and the higher places began to desertify, and the ground cracked a finger-wide opening, densely crawling like a terrifying strange insect, and even the weeds no longer grew.
There is not even half of the land used to grow food, and crops are growing poorly, with yields at least half down.
The autumn harvest was about to begin, but looking at the dwarf sorghum and corn in the fields, the village chief Kerry had not lifted his brow for a day.
Hundreds of families of villagers began to move out of the area two years ago, and they went to Sequoia Town or further afield to make a living.
There are still more than 30 families with a total population of less than 300, and most of them are old and weak.
If the land continues to deteriorate, the remaining people will have to leave the place.
The thought of holding on for generations to a place devoured by the devil made Kerry's heart crack like the parched earth.
"Father, those people are here again. ”
Susan is Kerry's only daughter, with chestnut curly hair, who looks quiet and intellectual.
Thanks to the blessings of this rich land, Kerry used to have enough money to buy books for her.
Susan is a gifted and intelligent person in the village who is known for her erudition and has a kind heart.
She started a small class at home to teach the children in the village to read and write for free, and her greatest hope is that these children will be able to get out of this place and go out into the wider world.
The only thing that worries Kerry is that Susan doesn't seem to like the boys in the village, so she is 24 years old this year, and she is still not married, which has attracted a lot of rumors, and it is difficult for a girl of this age to find a partner like an elephant in the country. (To be continued.) )