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"The situation here is better, you should choose any route without too much trouble, but after Cannes there is a chaotic area, where there is a high probability of accidents for passengers, you have to consider crossing the chaotic Tanlang area, or a detour. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Chang Wei said, as he was holding the map of the continent and discussing the route with Elder Carmon.

The chaotic region does not refer to the borderlands, but because of the turmoil in the country, there are black Luo, mercenaries, adventure groups, killers, thieves, and bandits, and it is common for a few areas to fall into chaos every year on this vast continent.

When business travelers encounter this situation, if they do not have great confidence in their ability to protect themselves, in order to ensure safety, most travelers will choose to bypass that territory, go from some more stable countries, and pay more tolls, so as not to encounter something that should not be encountered in that area.

"Where are you going? If it's just the Cannes Empire, I can give you a choice of routes. The traveler merchant who had sold them the drawings immediately rubbed his hands together and laughed, as if he felt that business was coming again.

Under normal circumstances, people who do not know the situation on the map have to go to this travelers' association, which is dedicated to providing local services for others, and spend some money to make them the best route for themselves, after all, the roads of the kings lead in all directions, and sometimes there are no road signs, and if there is no one to guide them, they are likely to walk, and they do not know where to go on the mainland.

"We're going to cross Cannes, and it doesn't matter which route is more time-saving, whether it's a hassle or not. Old Carmon said to the vendor of the Travelers' Guild.

"It's easy, the situation in Cannes is stable, this route is taken by many business travelers, not to mention saving time, and it is relatively safe, so where do you probably want to go to the east of Cannes, do you want to enter the Tanlang district, or to the kingdoms on both sides of the Tanlang district?" said the middle-aged traveler merchant who had already picked up the red quill.

"Elder Carmon, do you mean crossing the Tanlang District, or is it a detour?" Changwei asked.

Old Carmon naturally thought that it was a crossing, and it would take a lot of time to make a detour, but he was now an old knight, and everything still had to be decided by Firin, and he also asked Filine what he meant at the moment.

"Ask Esenfan, he should know more about this. Filine spoke, then pointed to Esenfan, who was looking at the scenery.

For the safety of the route, in fact, Fei Lin is not very concerned, after all, their team is not so easy to provoke, the main problem is that some local forces in the war are entrenched, to enter the town, to the passage, will encounter some difficult snakes, will be annoying.

"Boy, do you know this?" Old Carmon casually threw the map to Esenfan, meaning to let Esenfan see which route would be safer and more convenient.

This drawing is newly bought, and it also roughly marks the situation of some cities and some territories, such as the place where the war is going on, there will be special standards on the drawing, and some cities that are occupied by the domineering Black Luo will also be marked with other colors, informing travelers that the city is inaccessible, and even some areas with many bandits, will be briefly described.

Of course, their group is still only in the west of the Cannes Empire, and they have to cross this Cannes Empire before they reach that chaotic area, and the situation in the Cannes Empire is relatively stable.

Esenfan also nodded, he was a bachelor who knew a little bit about astronomy, geography, humanities and military affairs, and this kind of thing of formulating the optimal route was also a piece of cake for him.

Esenfan picked up the map and a quill pen to draw on it, and at this time, the curious Minxue also came over, carefully looked at the drawing of Esenfan's identification of the complex mark, tilted his head, and looked ignorant and studious.

As for the traveler, the merchant sneered a little. The technology and knowledge of this route are also very deep, and generally only some academics and travelers' associations understand it, and it is simply chaotic to find a layman to choose a route, and if you accidentally choose the wrong one, you are likely to be in big trouble.

Esenfan ignored them, first took a cursory look at the map of the situation in the Cannes Empire, then marked something with red dots himself, and then began to trace the route.

There are very, very many marks on the drawings, all kinds of colors, all kinds of symbols, and all kinds of marks, if you don't study it carefully, a map in front of you, I'm afraid that at most you can only recognize the city and roughly know the direction of the road, and then you don't know anything.

Those who really understand will be able to get a lot of valuable information from this complex map, such as topography, route distance, city ownership, pass location, post station location, fortress tax point, one-way passage...... For travelers like them, the main thing is to be able to cross the border in the shortest possible time, as long as you can choose the shortest distance, but some checkpoints are not allowed to pass through business travelers, and often need to take a detour, in order to save time, you need someone to read the map.

And for those caravans, armies, blacks, mercenaries, and adventurers, this information is even more important, they have a large number of people, and one more pass or fortress is likely to cost them a lot of money, and more importantly, if they pass through some special cities, they are likely to be denied entry into the city, must sleep in the wilderness, or even unable to pass, and need to go over mountains and mountains, or even more detours.

"We don't waste any time, we just cross the Tanlang zone. I have drawn the red line to choose the route of the Cannes Empire, and as for whether the area of Tanlang is still being selected at that time, this drawing is not very accurate. Esenfan handed the map back to Carmon.

"Why did you choose these roads, didn't they bend around? We had been to the Cannes Empire before, and the traveling merchant showed us the route, and it took us about twenty days to cross the Cannes Empire to reach the twilight plain, and then return the same way?" Min Xue asked puzzled.

Chang Wei and Feng Shen also stood beside Carmon and looked at the route, and the more knowledgeable Chang Wei also explained to Min Xue: "Some places are one-way checkpoints, you can only pass, you can't go back, so it's not okay to go the same way." ”

"Oh. Min Xue nodded ignorantly.

Feng Shen spoke at this time: "It took us twenty days to ride a horse from the east of the Cannes Empire to the Twilight Plains, and now we have a carriage, it will take at least a month. ”

"A layman is a layman, and the route cannot be chosen at random, and if you go wrong, and you come across some checkpoint or fortress that no one can pass, then you will have to go around in a big circle, and if there is a carriage, it will take more than thirty days!" the traveler merchant deliberately exaggerated the matter, so that they could come and call in professionals.

Carmon wasn't sure if Esenfan's route was accurate, and he didn't care about the money, so he showed the drawings to the Traveler Merchant...... When he saw the drawing, the Traveler's merchant's mocking smile floated again, but he seemed to realize that he had taken the drawing upside down and flipped it over again...... However, as soon as he flipped it, the traveler's businessman's smile stiffened, and his squinted eyes widened a little, looking carefully at the route that Esenfan had described.

"Don't look at it, the situation in the Cannes Empire is stable, and the optimal route has already been fixed, and the one I chose has been slightly changed, that is, it will pass through Imperial Yanjing, but it should not be much different from the route of your merchants, and it will only take twenty days if there is a carriage, and it will save five gold coins in tolls......"

The traveler merchant looked dryly at Esenfan, then at the drawing in his hand, and made a point to confirm whether the route had just been drawn.

After a while, the traveler merchant reluctantly exchanged the drawings in his hand to Esenfan, laughed dryly, and said to Isenfan: "Look away, look away...... Insider......"

"It's only been twenty days since you had a carriage?" Min Xue asked with some surprise.

When they came, they also crossed Cannes, and the route they chose was also provided by the traveler merchants, and it took them twenty days at that time, and now there are horse-drawn carriages, and it is impossible for horse-drawn carriages to gallop, and even if they are deliberately accelerated, it will take thirty days at the earliest.

"Well, twenty days is definitely enough, and I can play in Cannes Yanjing for a day or two......" Isenfan said.

"Damn, that annihilator, asked him to give us the best route, and actually blackmailed us!" Feng Shen suddenly scolded.

Chang Wei also shook his head with a wry smile, if Esenfan's route really only took twenty days, then when they crossed on horseback, they really took a lot of detours, and they were indeed deceived by that annihilation merchant.

"That...... It's not easy for us merchants either, and if the best route is revealed casually, how can we support our families, hehe......" The traveler merchant smirked.

Seeing the deflated appearance of the traveler vendor, Min Xue's little face bloomed, and she came to Esenfan's side and said with a sweet smile: "How do you know everything, it doesn't look like you came out of the twilight mountain at all...... Oh, you just said you can still play in Cannes Yenching for a day or two, is that true?"

"Of course, we can adjust a little bit there. Esenfan said.

"Then it was decided. Old Carmon put away the map, and then blew his beard to Esenfan and said, "Don't you say this earlier, I don't know if my old man's eyes are dazzling when he looks at this!"

Esenfan shrugged his shoulders, as if your old man hadn't come to ask me.

"That...... Young master, we may have to hurry up, because there will be a long rain in the near future. Lu Ban whispered to Esenfan.

Lu Ban's measurement of bad luck is generally inaccurate, but the measurement of the weather is almost 100% correct, so Lu Ban is now a professional weather reporter. In the past, Esenfan couldn't bask in the sun, and the weather was very important to Esenfan, but now what weather has little impact on Esenfan, unless it is raining, snowing or something like that, "Well, Luban, you have time to calculate the terrain route and survey, and you can solve this kind ......of trivial matter in the future." Esenfan nodded.

Ethan Fan will always bring this guy Luban, just because this guy is quite motivated, plus he is also a little smart, with his identity as a fortune teller, he is indeed a good entourage, and many things can be handed over to him to do, such as this kind of finding the best route.

"Yes, yes, when I cross the city, I will buy some books of this kind, but young master, you also have to point out, when Lu Ban is in the post station, he can only understand the terrain of the map and the post station levels, and the deeper ones will not be......" Lu Ban said.

Esenfan nodded and said to Lu Ban: "Oh, Lu Ban, by the way, I remind you, you'd better not fight Qi Qi's idea, she is not something you can afford to provoke." ”

Lu Ban also laughed dryly, secretly glanced at the girl who always looked indifferent, and quickly withdrew his gaze.

...... Sure enough, as Luban said, it didn't take long for the sky of the Cannes Empire to be covered with dark clouds, the rain never stopped from morning to night, and many roads became muddy, always hindering progress.

And the rain, in fact, is good for Esenfan, mainly because he doesn't need to deliberately make up any lies to coax Min Xue, a lively girl, into his carriage.

Changwei felt sorry for this little sister, so he didn't let her get out in the rain, and discussed with Esenfan to let her sit in the same carriage with Esenfan.

Old Carmon himself was a knight, and he had to stand tall even when it snowed. Feng Shen and Changwei were the same, it was raining, and they still had to clear the way for Fei Lin in front of the carriage.

Fortunately, after only two days of walking in the rain, they arrived in Yanjing, Cannes, and entered one of the top 10 cities on the mainland.

Cannes is an empire, and the symbol of this country is Cannes Yenching, with its tall walls, spacious avenues, and rows of solemn buildings, all of which make Esenfan truly feel that he is in a foreign country and experiences foreign customs and cultures.

Standing in the distance with a wide field of vision, especially under the canopy covered by the rain curtain, it makes people feel that this huge city has no end, and the end is bordered by the gray canopy, and many ancient buildings are pointing directly to the sky, bringing people a lot of visual shock, which is really magnificent!

"Hey, why didn't you feel emotional this time?" Minxue jumped out of the carriage in a big raincoat, and then said to Esenfan with a smile.

"What words to use to describe this Cannes Yanjing is too pale, so I still don't feel emotional. Esenfan also replied with a smile.

"It would be nice if it didn't rain, and you could play here for a day or two. Min Xue muttered. Min Xue is also the first time to leave the family, and she rarely has the opportunity to walk outside, let alone play or anything like that.

Ethan Fan didn't really have the intention to play in Cannes Yanjing, but to deceive the special and interesting little princess Yunlan.

(To be continued)