In Qianzu Town, which was more than eighty miles away from Thorn City, more than 500 deserters broke in.

These soldiers originally belonged to the army of the second prince, but after the attack of the Snow Wolf Country, the northwest border was lost, and in addition to the army that died in battle and retreated, a large number of soldiers fled.

Among this group of deserters, the highest official rank was a school captain named Zheng Cang.

This person is very timid, greedy for life and afraid of death, and when the Snow Wolf Kingdom first called, he began to prepare a retreat for himself.

When the wolf cavalry hit his place and the battle situation ahead was unfavorable, Zheng Cang immediately took his subordinates and took advantage of the chaos to grab a medium-sized flying boat and escape with the supplies that had already been prepared.

Because of the fast running, coupled with the fact that the army of the second prince was defeated by the wolf cavalry, and there were many deserters, Zheng Cang's escape was very smooth, and he did not encounter the pursuers.

Because of his timidity, Zheng Cang and his subordinates fled all the way to the southwest border by flying boat, until they reached Qianzu Town, where they finally stopped and breathed a sigh of relief.

This place is already very remote, far from the battlefield, although the conditions are a little worse, but in Zheng Cang's opinion, at least it is safe and secure.

In particular, he has a medium-sized flying boat in his hands, and once the situation changes, he can still take his subordinates and continue to escape in the flying boat.

"Lord Captain, all the rich families in the town have been killed, and the corpses have been disposed of."

Some henchmen came to report that these deserters had killed all the rich families in the town, and all the food, houses, money, and women were directly seized by them.

"Well, clean up the best house for me, and in the future, don't call me my captain, call me general!"

"Yes, General!"

Now that he has defected, Zheng Cang does not plan to go back, so he simply makes himself a general.

Although there are only 500 soldiers under his command, it is really a bit shabby, but it is still okay to have a good time.

Half a day later, Zheng Cang lived in the best house in Qianzu Town, and occupied the most beautiful women in the town, which can be described as a spring breeze.

……

A few days later, the City of Thorns.

Gu Bei came out of the new headquarters of Jinhe Commercial Bank, and Nangong Lin, the big shopkeeper, personally sent him to the door.

"Big shopkeeper, do you have to have spirit stones to buy a flying boat?" Gu Bei asked unwillingly.

Nangong Lin said helplessly: "The flying boat is made by refiners, refiners are all cultivators, and only spirit stones are universal in the cultivation world." Or, if His Highness can find high-grade demon beast inner pills, treasure bones and other materials, rare elixirs, it is okay to ask our Jinhe Trading House to exchange them for spirit stones. ”

"I'll think of another way."

Gu Bei shook his head helplessly, and left Jinhe Commercial Bank with Ye Wei.

Ye Wei saw Gu Bei's disappointed face, so he comforted: "Your Highness, high-level demon beasts and elixirs, we can go to the mysterious forest to find them, if we are lucky, we can find rare elixirs and exchange them for a lot of spirit stones." ”

"How can rare elixirs be so easy to find, the flying boat is too expensive."

A small flying boat, the cheapest also costs more than 100 spirit stones, and according to gold, it needs more than 10,000 taels of gold.

Ten thousand taels of gold is just a number, but if it falls on the side of the poor Thorn City, even if everyone doesn't eat or drink, it will take decades to make it up.

Of course, the current Thorn City, because of Gu Bei's relationship, has greatly improved its ability to make money.

But even so, it will take a long, long time to make up enough of these ten thousand taels of gold, not to mention, the gold will be discounted if it is exchanged for spirit stones.

And this is just a small flying boat, if it is a medium-sized flying boat, a large flying boat, or even a super large flying boat, Gu Bei doesn't dare to think about the money he needs to buy.

Of course, if ordinary people can't afford it, it doesn't mean that cultivators can't afford it, and the ability of cultivators to earn spirit stones far exceeds that of ordinary people.

If it is a profession such as an alchemist or refiner, the ability to make money is faster.

"It would be nice if we could find a vein of spirit stones."

Gu Bei muttered quietly.

Having a mine at home, whether in the cultivation world or in the mundane world, is a symbol of extreme wealth.

The ability to make money from ordinary salt mines, iron ores, and all kinds of precious minerals is extremely amazing.

Just look at the second and third princes, they relied on salt and iron and earned huge fortunes.

Among the minerals, for cultivators, the most precious is the spirit stone mine.

If someone can find a vein of spirit stones and mine the spirit stones inside, they can become a cultivator in an instant.

Of course, the spirit stone veins are not so easy to find, they are generally in the mountains with sufficient spiritual energy, and such mountain ranges are either owned by the government or occupied by some cultivation sects, and it is almost impossible for ordinary cultivators to occupy them.

"It's so poor!"

Thinking of this, Gu Bei sighed helplessly, no matter what world you are in, being poor is a very uncomfortable thing.

But Gu Bei was not decadent because of this, but was aroused to fight, the situation a year ago was even worse than now, didn't he come over?

What's more, now that the economy of Thorn City is booming, the guards are gradually increasing, Ao Xing and his own strength is steadily improving, and the base of the mysterious forest has also achieved initial success in breeding exotic beasts and cultivating elixirs.

He believed that one day, Thorn City would have more flying ships, as well as various spiritual weapons, and even things such as the Great Protective Array and the Teleportation Array.

By the time Gu Bei crossed a few streets and returned to the City Lord's Mansion, his heart was already full of fighting spirit again.

"Your Highness, I heard from the cultivators from the north that there are more than 500 deserters from Qianzu Town, which is eighty miles away from us."

As soon as he entered the door, Yang Shifu personally ran over and told Gu Bei the news.

Now that the city guards have expanded to more than 600 people, the speed of expansion is very fast, and Yang Shifu's self-confidence is getting stronger and stronger day by day, and he has begun to take the initiative to explore nearby targets that can be attacked.

Gu Bei was not interested in this, and said: "The northwest is all broken, deserters are everywhere, the main thing is not to come to my Thorn City to sabotage, what do you care about them?" ”

"This group of deserters is different!"

Yang Shifu hurriedly explained: "They carried a lot of supplies and spiritual weapons, and most importantly, there was also a medium-sized flying boat that could accommodate more than five hundred people!" ”

"What? You're talking about medium-sized flying boats? ”

Gu Bei became interested all of a sudden, he was worried about not being able to afford a small flying boat just now, but now he actually has a medium-sized flying boat, not to mention the materials and spiritual weapons.

"That's right, it's a medium-sized flying boat, and it's a medium-sized flying boat in the army, the flight speed is faster than that of an ordinary flying boat, and there is a protective shield on the flying boat, as well as attack power!"

"If we in Thorn City can have a medium-sized flying boat like this, what are just bandits?"

The more Yang Shifu spoke, the more excited he became, and his eyes were shining.

Gu Bei's eyes were also shining, and it sounded like this kind of flying boat was much better than the flying boat used by Jinhe Commercial Bank to transport goods.

"Are you sure you can grab it?" Gu Bei asked.

Yang Shifu shook his head and said: "Even if he is a deserter, he is also a subordinate of the second prince, and he is well-equipped, not to mention that there is a flying boat, and he will definitely not be able to defeat it by relying on the city guards." ”

"But...... We have Ao Xing! ”

"The dragon is the overlord in the sky, whether it is the ability to fly or the ability to fight, it is far from being comparable to a medium-sized flying boat, let alone those deserters."

"As long as His Highness takes Ao Xing over, he will definitely be able to snatch that medium-sized flying boat back!"

After Gu Bei listened to Yang Shifu's words, he had a feeling of sudden awakening.

That's right, it's a troubled time now, instead of racking your brains to make money to buy a flying boat, it's better to ride a dragon directly to grab it!

It is definitely not possible to directly rob the second prince, the second prince's subordinates also have dragons, and the soldiers are strong and strong.

But robbing these deserters, or smaller forces, is no problem at all!

Gu Bei slapped his thigh and said, "The business without capital is good, it's done!" ”

In this way, Zheng Cang, who occupied Qianzu Town and thought he was safe, became the target of robbery by mistake.