When the guard who fetched water came back with the bulging skin, Zhu Jun drank half of it in one gulp, and the group continued to go on the road, the more they went up, the more dangerous the mountain road became, and in the end they had to climb the one-meter-high steps, and if the feet were empty, there was a chance that they would fall into the cliff. Zhu Jun looked at his feet, but he couldn't see the foot of the mountain, and the clouds and mist rising in the forest sea had obscured his vision. Fortunately, the Karen people have maintained themselves everywhere after eating the dry food of Zhu Jun and others, otherwise someone would have to fall off the cliff.

Zhu Jun was both worried and relieved, if this dangerous path could enter the valley, then he didn't have to worry at all.

Finally halfway up the mountain, the terrain was relatively flat, Toulon suddenly stopped, and said to Zhu Jun: "Friend, please wait here, we must pay tribute to the mountain god of the Karen tribe before we can continue walking." ”

Zhu Jun vaguely knew some Burmese customs and did not interfere, consciously retreating to the side of the guards, while the Karen people knelt down on their knees, looked up at the mountain peaks and prayed a few words, and finally called out to Aragorn and Aragon.

Toulon stood up first and beckoned to Zhu Jun: "We can go on the road, I know you Han people don't believe this, but don't have any distractions on the next journey, otherwise you will anger the mountain god Aragon." ”

Zhu Jun nodded, and after the group walked a few steps, Toulon suddenly stretched out his palm and said, "Wait a minute." He walked over to a mountain wall full of vines, flicked the vines with his hand, and a Hessian cave was revealed.

Zhu Jun's face was happy, he originally thought that if he wanted to climb over this mountain, he would need to reach the peak at least to get to it, but he couldn't think of another shortcut, this cave must lead to the end of the mountain.

Toulon instructed Zhu Jun to follow him, and then he went into the hole first, and the rest of the people rushed in.

The guards around Zhu Jun were afraid that Zhu Jun would make a mistake, so they crowded to Zhu Jun's side, making the cave that was not spacious even more crowded.

After walking for a while, the cave wall gradually became cheerful, and the light could be faintly seen in the distance, and the Karen people in front of them quickened their pace, and Zhu Jun and others also followed, and by the hazy light, they could see the flourishing vegetation in the distance, and hear the insects and birds. Zhu Jun was secretly surprised.

"Friend, this is the blessed place of the mountain gods, the holy place of our Black Karen tribe." Toulon pointed to the front proudly and said, he glanced at Zhu Jun casually, and saw that his face did not flash any greed, so he continued: "We originally wanted to take you on a long walk over the mountainside, but since you are our honored guests and our friends, we brought you here. ”

Zhu Jun saw that the terrain here is peculiar, obviously in the belly of this mountain, which is actually hollow, and the gap on the top of the peak sprinkles a piece of golden sunlight, so that the plants in the belly of the mountain can grow, it is really a masterpiece of the devil's axe, if you can hide an elite army here, and the village valley is a corner, it is definitely a good terrain to enter the rear of the enemy and retreat.

"Elder Toulon, Zhu swears here that he will never be humane to outsiders." Zhu Jun's oath was hidden in the mechanism, he could not tell outsiders, but there were thirty or forty guards he brought, and they didn't swear. It's just that the strength of these natives has not yet been figured out, and they are also friendly to themselves, so when it is really not a last resort, it is better not to turn their faces, and take one step at a time.

Toulon said: "Our friends of the Black Karen tribe will never break their promises, and I am not wrong about you, in this case, let's high-five and swear." ”

Toulon said as he stretched out his calloused palm, and Zhu Jun also stretched out his hand at the same time, slamming together.

The next road was much smoother, Zhu Jun secretly paid attention, carefully observed the terrain in the belly of the peak along the way, and quietly calculated the area, and had some bottom in his heart, although it is not like the valley behind the village with a radius of twenty or thirty miles, but the diameter is also one or two miles, enough to accommodate a thousand people.

Toulon had a better and better impression of Zhu Jun, and there were many more conversations, so he came to Zhu Jun's side and talked about the origin of the Hekren people, and Zhu Jun listened carefully on the side.

It turns out that the Black Karen is a branch of the Karen tribe, and there are a total of eleven branches of the Karen tribe, in addition to the Black Karen, there are also the Karen, the White Karen, the Bredy, the Monkelen, the Segok Karen, the Drebois, the Bogu, the Bowai, the Munebowa, the Moubova and the Pokron.

The Karen people are the second largest ethnic group in Myanmar after the Burmese, as early as 200 years ago, they were established in Taungoo, and then conquered by the Shan, and they have been conquered by the Burmese, Shan, and Mon people many times in history, and the Karen people have also continued to resist, and since then some of the Karen people have begun to retreat from the mountains and forests.

The Burmese king is very annoyed by this part of the Karen people who do not accept the king, and has continuously launched conquests and suppressions, the Karen people rely on the terrain, often dozens of villages and villages are allied with blood, and a village is difficult to support from all directions, so the progress is not big, the local officials are afraid that the Burmese king will be angry, and after each conquest, they brag about how the royal army won, killing thousands of thieves, and the blood is flowing like a river, and some local officials claim that there is no Karen in the territory, and there is no need to raise troops to suppress it. Deception has always been the tradition of officials of any dynasty, where can the king of Burma in the deep royal capital see through, only when the world sings and dances, the prosperity of the creation, whether it is internal or foreign affairs are smooth like a dream, it shows that it is the blessing of the ancestors and the protection of God.

Since the local officials have deceived the Burmese king, they naturally do not want the Karen people to continue to make trouble, so they turn a blind eye to those Karen people who have left the mountain, as long as they do not cause trouble and rebel, they will never embarrass you.

When talking about the food problem, Zhu Jun suddenly asked Toulon and said, "Elder, I heard that you haven't eaten for a whole day, is it because the village has cut off food?" ”

Toulon sighed and said: "We live in the mountains, can not reclaim the fertile land out, often rely on the sky to eat, if in the previous years planted out of the food although not enough people in the village to eat, but the village of the young and strong will go out of the village to hunt some prey barely mixed up, but this year near the village appeared a herd of wild elephants, trampling on dozens of acres of good crops, gnawing a lot of good land, if one or two heads are fine, but the wild elephant herd is dozens of heads, we united many cottage warriors to expel together, not only did not drive them away, It also angered them, killing and wounding several of our warriors, and the village has been without food ever since. ”

Toulon paused, his face full of frustration: "Originally, the rule in our cottage was not to trade goods with the Han people, hey, friend, I didn't mean you, although you are a Han person." These are all old stories, and our Karen people have been deceived by a Han Chinese very bitterly. In short, if it weren't for the lack of food in the village, we would never have gone out of the mountains to find you. ”

The last paragraph of Toulon about the Han people is vague and vague, and it looks like it wants to say something. Zhu Jun finally understood a rough idea, he originally thought that elephants were docile animals, although they were large but had no quarrel with people, but he didn't expect to become a scourge for the Karen people, and the so-called Han people must have deceived the Karen people very hard, so they remembered that they were not very polite to themselves at first, and I am afraid that it was also due to this Han liar.

"Are those elephants still harming the cottages?"

Toulon said: "Wild elephants also hold grudges, our warriors killed a baby elephant when driving them, so they have not been entrenched, fortunately our cottage is built on the mountain, if everyone tries to go out of the cottage as little as possible, they are not afraid of them, but they are only suffering the crops outside the village." ”

Zhu Jun smiled calmly and said, "Actually, it's not impossible to expel the elephant herd, it's just ......"

Zhu Jun's self-confidence is not groundless, the Mu family has continuously defeated the war elephants of the natives when they conquered the natives in Yunnan, these Mu Jianming mentioned it several times in order to explain the benefits of the three-stage attack, but Zhu Jun has always been unimpressed, and now it is not completely useless to think about this unique skill.

"Just what?" Toulon was like someone had choked his neck, his face was flushed and panting, and it was not a long-term solution to exchange iron filings for food, and if the elephant herd continued to make trouble, the whole village would suffer, which he knew better than anyone else.

Zhu Jun's heart moved, and he turned to say: "It's nothing, since you treat me as a friend, how can you stand by and watch this little busy, it's just that my Shenji Battalion didn't bring it, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer in a few days." ”

If Zhu Jun takes advantage of this time to ask for a sky-high price, he will be looked down upon by Toulon, and at most this matter will evolve into a fair deal. It's better to let the Hekren people owe themselves a favor and get more benefits, not to mention that the Shenji Battalion has been training for so long, and it is not bad to use these wild elephants to train soldiers, Zhu Jun's little abacus is making a sound.

"Good friend, if you can expel these wild elephants, you will be the great benefactor of all our Black Karen people, and from now on, if we need our help in the water and fire, we Black Karen will never frown." Toulon had already patted Zhu Jun's shoulder with his trembling hand and said excitedly.

"Where is this, since you are my friend, how can I not help with this little favor, don't say polite words, what kind of person do you think of Zhu, if Zhu Mou is in order to get your help in the future, wouldn't it be better to be a pig and a dog?" Zhu Jun responded very righteously.