What made Renault feel strange was that Black Sheep City had no walls at all. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info there is basically no trace of horse-drawn carriages on the streets of the city, and men, women and children are riding horses. And the clothes are simple, everywhere are open breasts and bare shoulders and bare feet, but without exception there are sharp short knives hanging around their waists, and noisy voices can be seen everywhere on the street, and there are many people who draw knives without saying a word.

Those cavalrymen in exquisite leather armor may have long been accustomed to this, as long as they did not kill people or set fires, they basically did not care, which shows that most of these children of the steppe are not civilized.

Renault disguised as a merchant and a few servants dressed as guards walked slowly down the street.

Blackiron is busy, and no one has time to play with him, except for Yuxi, of course. She was now wrapped in a black cloak, with only two cold eyes, and it was obvious that she had no interest in the beef and mutton hanging here and there on both sides of the street.

"My lord, it's getting late, we should find a place to stay first. ”

I definitely want to live, but Renault has been all the way, and I have almost reached the city center, and I haven't seen two decent hotels. Finally, after being pointed out by the locals, I came to a deserted alley, which had an inn with no signboard, which looked relatively clean and refreshing.

It's just that the service staff in the hotel is really not very good, a few bearded men, with a loud voice, casually pointed to a few rooms and turned around, and didn't say to ask if they wanted to eat and serve anything.

These steppe people really don't know how to do business.

Renault shook his head and walked into the room, saw that it was still clean, and then settled in.

But dinner is definitely not eaten here, and there is nothing delicious to cook in this place, so after a little rest, he led everyone to the street. With Yuxi here, dinner must not be settled, this is the consensus that everyone has reached, so they asked all the way to the best restaurant in Black Sheep City.

It's not so much a restaurant as a huge courtyard. Dozens of individual rooms enclose a circular clearing, and at the door of each room there are ovens made of stone, and many of them have lit fires to sizzle the fat lambs on them.

In addition to roasting whole sheep, you can also eat the most distinctive whole beef feast in the western prairie, and of course, there is also fish in Naxi Lake, but the taste is really not flattering.

Partnered with the next room to order a roast lamb, facing the table full of thick branches and leaves, Renault really couldn't raise any appetite, Yuxi also ate a little casually, and sat there in a daze, probably missing the fish in Renault's restaurant again.

At this time, a person came from the next room, saying that he was to thank them for sharing half a sheep with them, and he wanted to come to toast.

The man's name was Quillan, a southerner, in his thirties, lean and thin, with rough and dark skin, and a businessman. It is said that every autumn he would live in Black Sheep City, buying a large number of cattle and sheep to sell to the south.

Quillan is a self-cooked type, and after a few words with Renault, he sat down very naturally. Renault is also happy to have a free guide, after all, it is good to know more about the situation in Black Sheep City when he is new to the city.

After going back and forth, the two talked about the army of Black Sheep City.

"I heard that there are more than 100,000 standing cavalry in Black Sheep City, but I have been in the city for a long time today, and I have not seen a place where so many people can live. ”

"You don't know this," Quiran whispered mysteriously with the posture of an old driver, "Black Sheep City does have 100,000 standing cavalry, but it can be said that they don't have any cavalry. ”

Renault was stunned: "Could it be that these cavalrymen usually herd sheep on the grassland?"

"Yes on the grasslands, but they don't herd sheep, they patrol the herds. Quillan drank half a bowl of rice wine and continued, "This is the cleverness of Lord Orlan, the lord of Black Sheep City. The four major tribes in the western steppe, in addition to paying taxes for every cow and sheep, also have to help Heiyang City raise 20,000 cavalry. Therefore, there are only a few thousand guards in Black Sheep City, but if you can wait another month or two, the people of the four tribes will all return to spend the winter outside Black Sheep City. That was the most lively time in Black Sheep City, the tents alone could stretch for dozens of miles, there were countless cattle and sheep, the cavalry would often conduct large-scale drills, and merchants from all over the country would come to participate in this huge event. ”

Hundreds of thousands of people and millions of cattle and sheep gather together, and just thinking about it makes people's scalps tingle. Where is the grand event, it is simply a stinking hell on earth.

But it's a good thing for Renault that people are all together.

The reason why the Huns and Mongols were so difficult to deal with was not because they had no fixed residence. The grasslands of the western border stretch for thousands of miles, and hundreds of thousands of people are just a few stars.

It will depend on more than 10,000 troops to subdue little by little, and it will take several years.

The conversation was just happy, and suddenly there was a commotion in the next room, and Quillan hurried back to take a look, and after a while, he crowded into Renault's room with five or six retinues.

"It's the people of the Uzi tribe who transport cattle and sheep," Quillan looked a little dejected, obviously driven out, "these people are used to being savage on the grasslands, and we can't afford to mess with them." ”

Renault couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said that the people in the north are fierce, and this place doesn't seem to be bad.

Soon there was unbridled laughter and women's screams next door, and Renault and Yuki were frowning in unison, and were about to go back to bed early, when suddenly there was a gong sound in the courtyard.

The unhappiness on Quylan's face was instantly swept away, and he was even a little excited: "I'm lucky to meet a slave seller today." ”

The slave trade was not rare in this world, but it was the first time Renault had seen an open slave trade.

A dozen torches were soon lit, and more than twenty unclothed maidens were bound hand and foot, driven by leather whips, to the high platform in the middle of the courtyard.

Relying on his excellent eyesight, Renaud found that these girls actually looked very good, and their skin was well maintained, and it was estimated that they had been well raised by slave owners for a while.

Two of them stood out in the crowd, their rough, dark-skinned, plump and muscular bodies, with short, curly hair and thick lips. Their eyes, in particular, were a very magnificent royal blue, like sapphires that sparkled in the light.

"These two are aliens living on the islands of the South China Sea," seeing that he was interested, Quillan immediately introduced him enthusiastically, "It is very common in Naga City, and there are people who want to be fresh at first, but the vast majority of people regret it very much after buying it." Because these interracial women have strong personalities and can't do things, they are basically half-sold and half-given away now. ”

The arrival of the slave girl immediately caused a whistling, and almost all the rooms had doors and windows open, but most of the people who went out to watch were steppe people.

What Renault hates the most is human traffickers, but he can't help but be in Black Sheep City, and he can't "eat black" slave traders like he did in Black Iron Town, so he wants people to close the doors and windows, but he sees that Quiran is watching it with relish. (To be continued.) )