Chapter 1 Qi Shang
This is the fourth day of departure from the great river that is said to be called the Wuju River, which originates in the Rong Mountains and meanders westward to the depths of the Western Wilderness.
Xu Le staggered on horseback, chatting with Peng Ma beside him.
As for those guys, they are also used to the days of riding horses for a long time, and whether the posture on the horse is good or not is not good, at least now they are still alive and kicking when they get off the horse and camp for a night.
Now they are also following behind Xu Le, led by Cai Hengwen, trying to talk to the black-clothed knights around them. Although Xu Le didn't sense the vitality of Donghua Tiandi, he was as proficient in Donghua language as if he had opened a cheat. But Cai Hengwen and they are not slow to learn, Donghua language is mostly monosyllabic words, which is not much different from ancient Chinese, and the grammatical structure is also similar. After more than ten years of education and as a Chinese, it is not too difficult to master these Donghua languages, which are inevitably a bit difficult to speak. In the past four days, I have been able to talk briefly, and when I speak, there is a smell of iron in the tail sound unique to the Qin accent.
If these goods had put in such a lot of effort when they were taking the English level 4 and level 6 exams, they would have studied until almost the early hours of the morning at night, and Mimishe, including Xu Le, would not have to spend so much effort to cheat at that time.
During the four-day journey, although there were large groups of Rouran prisoners and cattle, the pace of movement was by no means slow. Every day it was more than fifty miles away, and the old and weak women could eat hard, eat less and do all the chores in the camp, drive the livestock, horses and sheep during the march, and keep up with the team on foot. In addition to the leather whip of the black-clothed knight of the Yi'er Army, the strong physique of Rouran, a tribe in the Western Wilderness, is also reflected even among the old and weak women and children of the Rouran people.
No wonder the Yi'er army all regarded Rouran as a great enemy. And Xu Le finally knew that the Western Wilderness was so big, and there were so many Rouran people living on it that it was beyond his imagination. Peng Ma told himself that the Rouran people had nine kings' tents, and the upper four kings' tents formed the Rouran royal court. And that wild tribe is just a very inconspicuous one of the hundreds of tribes under the Seventh Zheye King Tent of the Rouran people!
Since hundreds of years ago, the Rouran people from the west have appeared on the border of Donghua, and they have attacked the territory of Donghua. It also once broke through the western barrier between the two mountains of Rongqi and went deep into the hinterland of Donghua. One hundred and sixty or seventy years ago, the two marquis of Qin and Zhao went out of Rongqi in the west, one in the north and the other in the south, expanding the land for thousands of miles, driving the Rouran people into the depths of the Western Wilderness. Speaking of it now, they are the pride of Qin and Zhao!
However, in recent years, the strength of the Rouran people has not decreased, and the Zhao State is still strong. Peng Ma's words were full of admitting that the Qin State was not as good as before, fifteen years ago, the Western Wilderness Wuju Hebei, a bloody battle in the Qianhai Plain, the Qin army was annihilated, and it seemed that the Marquis of Qin Xiang was not in the army at that time.
However, Peng Ma also emphasized indignantly that if it weren't for the Zhao people who missed the appointment, how could Qianhaiyuan lose the last battle?
Peng Ma's status is not high, chatting with him, it is these scattered news that I found. And Cai Hengwen is not proficient in language, and the status of the righteous army who can talk about it is only not as good as Peng Ma, and what they know is a hammer in the east and a stick in the west. Every night, everyone pieced together these materials, and I felt that although I knew a lot more about Donghua than before, there were more and more unknown things.
Xu Le also carefully observed the scenery along the way, and the Yi'er army was heading south along the Qishui River, which originated in Qishan and finally converged in the Wuju River. All the way, you are winding through the Qishui River valley between the rolling hills.
The Qin people's several large cities, the hinterland, and the most densely populated places are all on the plains where several rivers flow through Qishui in the south.
The mountains along the way are very high, but the valleys are full of fertile fields. However, it is extremely sparsely populated, and there are traces of abandoned fields everywhere, as well as traces of villages that were once inhabited and now completely abandoned.
Regardless of asking, it turns out that this must also be the place where the Qin people reclaimed and settled, but with the defeat of Qianhaiyuan, before the Rouran people attacked, they had to give up and shrink to the south.
The growth and decline of the Qin people and Rouran's power became very distinct as this scene entered the eyes.
Peng Ma once pointed to the remnants of one of the villages, and said lightly that one of the other clans had settled here, but they were invaded by Rouran, and none of the dozens of Peng family members in that vein escaped.
The deep hatred in his eyes, along with the seemingly bland words, could not be more obvious.
For more than 100 years, the Qin people have been guarding the Donghua countries in the west, fighting to the death with the Rouran people, and the Qin people's martial and simple style can be seen a lot in the Yi'er army. And the hatred between the Qin people and the Rouran people has long been inexplicable!
In the midst of the chat, the Yi'er army gradually walked out of the valley that stretched for more than 200 miles, and suddenly opened up in front of them, and a vast plain appeared in front of them. Everywhere there are patches of fields that have been ploughed and are now being rolled by wheat waves. Between the fields, there are fruit trees and vegetable gardens, and there are hidden villages, hidden among the large fruit forests.
And above the two mountains far above the head, there are two small but sturdy male passes, overlooking the river valley below. Between the two passes, a suspension bridge was pulled up in the air, spanning a distance of five or six hundred meters, and it hung there, the bridge cable was iron, and the bridge plate was a heavy and strong wooden block. In the mountain wind, this spectacular suspension bridge swayed leisurely, and several mountain eagles, spreading their wings, circled and flew on this suspension bridge.
Peng Ma pointed to this magnificent scene above his head and said with a smile: "This is Shuangying Pass! It is also garrisoned by our historian's military horses, but it is not as good as our Yi'er army! General Tun is a prince, and the surrounding fields are his fiefdom manor, and the defenders are his troops...... Seeing this Eagle Bridge, it is the masterpiece of the Korean master Jin without injury, and a bridge will change the old master's 1,200 slaves! After passing the Shuangying Pass, it will be our Qin State!"
The black-clothed knights of the Rebel Army all let out loud cheers and shook the valley. The cheers were even louder, and even the mountain eagles hovering at the top of the pass were frightened and flew far away.
Shuangying Pass is a complete defense system, and there is also a fortress at the foot of the mountain as a backing. At this time, there were already military horses pouring out of the fortress to meet Shi Wuju and them, who were walking in the forefront.
An order was passed from the front, and all the Rebel knights dismounted and rested. Xu Le also obediently dismounted, approached the guys who were still staring at the suspension bridge overhead, and laughed in a low voice: "It's not in vain, are you?"
Cai Hengwen nodded, and Su Ming also breathed, looking like he was worthy of this life. Lai Wenzhen is still calculating: "The level of productivity here is actually not low...... It's not low, it's the best, business is easy to do......"
Wang Dengke looked at the suspension bridge for a while, and then turned back to look at the group of Rouran captives who were following behind, especially those disheveled young women with a well-toned body. Asked the question that had been asked countless times along the way: "Boss, can we buy a few?" doesn't mean you can use six......
Xu Le really has nothing to say about this guy who has just escaped from death, and his lust heart is rising, and he doesn't delay at all. just explained: "We will enter the Qin realm immediately, since they said that they want to give us Zhuangzi, as the private family of the Shi family, it is impossible to keep staring at us like this, and then we will have room for free activities...... Don't make any mistakes during this time, be honest!"
Several people nodded together.
In front of Shi Wuju, they had already joined the Shuangying Guantun general, and they were talking in a low voice on the side of the road. Then the soldiers in the Guannai brought out hot food again, and Peng Ma turned his head far away to greet Xu Le: "Brother Xu, it's time to eat!"
Including Xu Le, although several people were hungry, they didn't have any elated expressions. On the contrary, there is a sad face. There is no other reason, pure natural and pollution-free food sounds very good, but there is nothing to season except salt, and there is really less oil and water. The camps at night are all camping, including Shi Wuju, and in front of everyone, there is no way to take out some private goods to add food first.
When it comes to eating, everyone's interest is really not high. But the hunger has to be solved, Xu Le and the others can only come forward listlessly and take their own share of soup and a few nests.
It seems that the Yi'er Army who greeted the triumphant return at Shuangying Pass has invested a lot of money, there are still some pieces of meat in the soup, and the head of the nest is also finely sieved, not so toothy. There was a snoring sound of eating and drinking all around, mixed with the sound of the knights of the Yi'er Army boasting about the achievements of the troops in Shuangying Pass.
Cai Hengwen looked around while eating and drinking slowly, and suddenly touched Xu Le's arm: "Boss, look!"
I saw the historian of the Shuangying Pass who was dressed in a black robe, wearing a square crown hat with a flush top, and the black robe was also coiled with three ornaments. As if he had finished reporting something to Shi Wuju, he rode back to the fortress at the foot of the mountain, and under his guidance, he saw a team rushing out of the fortress at the bottom of the mountain.
This team made Xu Le's eyes widen again.
There were six strange things in the fortress, which looked like cows, but they were more than two or three times larger than cows. The back is also flat and a whole piece, carrying an iron cage. The cow-shaped thing has a wooden shell, and I don't know if it's real or virtual inside. There are intricate patterns carved on the joints, which are faintly like a formation-like thing, and there is a yellow-colored rune paper pasted in the middle of this formation.
This wooden ox moves on all fours, marching steadily, and the speed is not slow, comparable to that of a horse. With each movement, the formation and rune paper at the joints had a faint flash of brilliance.
After the six wooden oxen, several horses followed. There were several guards around, with animal spots on their faces, eyes like animal eyes, huge and strong bodies, all carrying huge and heavy blades of various colors. Looking at this appearance, it looks a bit like the Shi Leopard who always looks at himself coldly all the way. I think they are all from the Northern Barbarian Tribes. Peng Ma also once mentioned that the Yan Marquis of the Yan Kingdom, the northernmost part of Donghua, turned out to be the strong clan of the Northern Barbarian Tribes. The Northern Barbarians live in the ice and snow, and it is not easy to survive. Since he was subdued to Donghua, he has done some work for guards and rangers in various countries.
The guards were surrounded by several people, the first of whom rode a white horse with golden bridles and a tall and thin body. The clothes he wore looked like a hunting trench coat, with a high collar. Although the fabric is thick linen, this style is really familiar!
Xu Le, like several guys, dropped his jaw.
Needless to say, the man's clothes were just a bit like a trench coat, nothing strange. The orcs themselves are tired of looking at Shi Leopard every day. But the six huge wooden cows were beyond imagination!
In their own world, the robots that walk on all fours on the earth are still only at the laboratory level, far from the extent of large-scale use. But here, I saw a huge wooden ox made of wood walking on four hooves!
How many things are unimaginable in these Donghua countries? This is truly a wonderful and magnificent world!
Peng Ma leaned over and sneered: "These Qi businessmen have always served demons, and it is said that you can see any strange dress in Lintao City, our Qin people are simple, and we don't eat his set...... Brother Xu, your clothes are also a little strange, to be honest, after entering the Qin realm, you can buy a few sets of ready-to-wear clothes and change them into a town, so as not to suffer from others. If you don't have any money, my brother has it. ”
Xu Le arched his hand: "Thank you, Brother Peng...... This wooden cow ......"
Peng Ma began to explain very intimately, and the semantics were still full of disdain for Qi Shang: "...... Knowing that our Yi'er army won the battle and swept away the Rouran tribe. These Qi merchants are the most well-informed, and now they will choose the best slaves, and they will have to pick the most beautiful women...... Our historian is poor! The Lord himself can't keep it. After passing through them, the rest was transferred to Xiancheng Nu City to sell. ”
Xu Le had already learned Peng Madong's skills along the way, so he had to remind helplessly at this time: "Mu Niu ......"
Peng Ma sighed: "This craftsman Han Muniu and Brother Xu didn't know before? Transporting some slaves took out these wooden oxen, and our historian had more than 20 of them, but they were reluctant to use them indiscriminately, so they didn't bring them this time. A wooden ox can carry thousands of catties of goods, does not need to be fed, and can run as fast as a horse, which is a good thing! But it is also very expensive...... There is also an iron ox for siege, which is said to be very powerful, but I haven't seen it before. ”
Craftsman Han, craftsman Han. Xu Le firmly remembered this term in his heart, and made up his mind that he would go to this magical craftsman in the future!
Under the recommendation of the Shuangying Guan Tun general, the Qi Shang had already met with Shi Wuju, and the salute was also very careless. Peng Ma let out a dissatisfied snort beside Xu Le again, so angry that he couldn't even drink the soup. However, this Qi Shang is obviously the big financier of the Shi family, Shi Wuju didn't care at all, and talked to him with a smile, and no one in the Yi'er army dared to come forward to make a grievance for the lord.
This is not about Xu Le, he is happy to watch the excitement.
Na Qi Shang and Shi Wuju discussed for a while and seemed to have made a deal, and as soon as he waved his hand, several of his men passed through the knights of the Yi'er Army, and marched straight into the captive brigade, carefully examining and selecting. In the end, more than 20 captives were selected, most of them were young women with good looks and good figures, and half were young girls with good appearances, and finally a few captured wolves, plus two old men who could tame wolves.
Wang Dengke was heartbroken beside Xu Le, these soft young women, Wang Liumi had looked at them countless times. Choosing which six will use up Xu Le's share of being a citizen, he has also carried out countless qualifying matches and repechage matches in his heart. Now these good goods are all picked up by Qi Shang's subordinates!
Xu Le looked at Wang Dengke, who was in great pain, and patted him on the shoulder: "Sixth, in such a world, are you afraid that there will be no better one in the future?"
Listening to Xu Le's confident tone, Wang Dengke looked at Xu Le with tears in his eyes: "Boss, it's all up to you......"
Xu Le smiled: "Here, it's up to all of us." ”
Wang Dengke clenched his fists and nodded vigorously: "Boss, I will accompany you to fight to the end!"
While Xu Le and Wang Dengke were talking in a low voice, Qi Shang's subordinates had already determined the candidates to return, and the knights of the Yi'er Army drove out those captive wolves. Under the operation of Qi Shang's men, the six wooden oxen slowly knelt down on their knees and hung down the ladder from the iron cage. The Northern Barbarian Guards drove the wolf up, and the Rouran women were also driven into the iron cage.
That Qi Shang smiled, beckoned, and his subordinates presented a small wooden box, Shi Wuju opened it, and even in Xu Le, he could see the golden light.
Lai Wenzhen snorted: "Gold!"
Xu Le said softly: "What is this?" ”
After the transaction was completed, Naqi Shang and Shi Wuju parted ways. The wooden ox slowly got up, turned around, and walked south. The Qi merchant carried the flag of his own family crest, and danced in the wind in front of the team.
Looking up at the Double Eagle Pass overhead, the black flag with family crest guarding the gate on the gate is also fluttering in the mountain wind.
When can you also hunt and fly in this Donghua with your own flag?
You can't live so much failure in both worlds, right? I want to help the people I care about, but I just can't do anything!
By the way, who am I talking about this person I care about? It must be my parents, I can't let the old couple still work hard to save money to pay the down payment for a big man who has hands and feet for the future house!
Xu Le quietly clenched his fists, while Cai Hengwen saw it coldly beside him, pursed his lips and did not speak.
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