The desert, the sky flying inn.

Wang changed his name and said in surprise: "Shopkeeper Zhao, you want to go to Liangzhou to purchase?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin inserted the revolver into the holster, hung it on both sides of his legs, and took off the Miao knife on the wall: "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

Wang changed his name and said: "Liangzhou is not peaceful, it is not a secret, I met the people who rushed into the county to resist food and donations, and when I saw that the road was uneven, I drew a sword to help, and I was injured when I was besieged by the soldiers in the northeast soil fence......"

Apparently he was bragging about his deeds.

"Oh." Zhao Chuanxin was dressed up and ready to go: "Pay attention next time." ”

"......" Although I heard that Zhao Chuanxin was skilled, Wang was still not convinced by the change of name: "Zhao shopkeeper, the north of Liangzhou City is full of camps, and he has been practicing every day, and the head of the coach is a Belgian who has been trained by the German orthodox army, and he has to shoot targets twice a month, don't underestimate them......"

Zhao Chuanxin smiled: "Everyone shoots targets, but you suffer a knife wound, do they use knives to shoot targets?" ”

"This ...... There were at least thirty or fifty people who had guns, and they were lucky enough to run into someone who didn't have a gun. Wang changed his name and asked in a sly manner: "Could it be that the shopkeeper Zhao wants to buy Gansu Huang?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin was already about to push the door, and frowned when he heard this: "What is Gansu Huang?" Sounds like? ”

"Gansu Huang, the tobacco soil produced in Qinzhou, the world rushes to it."

Zhao Chuanxin's face changed slightly.

As for the fast-gun artillery, Zhao Chuanxin has always been unconcerned.

What he feared most was opium.

"Are there many opium smokers in Suzhou and Liangzhou?"

"Uh...... Ignorance. ”

Liangzhou is actually very prosperous, more prosperous than Suzhou, second only to Lanzhou.

Normally, I took the post road, and flew to Liangzhou for about 350 kilometers.

But Zhao Chuanxin took a long detour, from the desert to the post road, shuttled to Zhenfan County, and went south to Liangzhou, a distance of about 400 kilometers.

The ethereal traveler can reach speeds of nearly 500 km/h in the desert, and he has to wear a sleek leather flight jacket with his head covered and diving goggles.

Zhao Chuanxin experienced the feeling of a fighter pilot in the period when there was no windshield.

The basic skeleton structure of Liangzhou City is simple, with two straight streets connecting the four gates, dividing the city into four equal urban districts.

At the intersection of the two streets, there are four wooden archways.

On both sides of the street, there is a dense concentration of houses.

There are suburbs in the south and north of the city.

There are less than 6,000 households in the city, but there are nearly 1,000 shops.

Zhao Chuanxin walked on the streets, feeling that compared to Lanzhou City, it was both desolate and prosperous.

Why is that?

But the streets of the city, like the faces of old men, were soaked in snow and then dried up and crumbled, and hard as rocks, and could not be shaken even by the wooden wheels of the carriage.

In such an environment, it is impossible for the people's clothes to be clean.

What Zhao Chuanxin saw, even if it was a rich family, his body was covered with dust.

The same is true of his own robes.

The shops on the street are full of goods, selling plasters, glues, vegetables, gourd seeds, flax, cloth silk, flax, indigo dye......

This is the same as Lanzhou, which is a cargo distribution center.

For example, silk brocade from Sichuan and Shu, saddle tarpaulin from Hotan, raisins and cotton from Turpan, matches, cigarettes and cleaning supplies imported from Japan, condiments from Xi'an, and porcelain from Tianjin Wei......

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up, and he felt that this was much more convenient than Lanzhou City.

As far as shopping goes, it's more reasonable and concentrated here.

But when I touched my pocket and wiped it, the ticket was not enough.

The funds for Nikola Tesla to be prepared by Lee Kwang-jong to New York have not yet arrived.

The two jujubes guarding the inn are not enough to support Zhao Chuanxin's extravagance.

He really wanted to buy it for zero yuan, but he heard Wang change his name and say that the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the northwest region were too serious, and Zhao Chuan's salary was very happy, and he was afraid that the final burden would be on the shoulders of the local people.

is already poor, and under the burden, it is impossible to say that many people will die.

He bought some cigarettes, which he couldn't break, and as for the cigars, he hadn't smoked them for a long time.

Silk brocade or something, it doesn't work.

It was cotton, and he wanted to add a few more quilts.

Millet, wheat, barley, peas and other grains, he bought some and put them into a pocket technology.

Liangzhou also produces paper, one is called horse manure paper, and the other is called thatched paper.

Nowadays, rough men like Guo Vulwa are used to wiping their buttocks with toilet paper, so paper has become a necessity.

Zhao Chuanxin bought thatched paper, and he was worried that horse dung paper was really made of horse manure.

Then there is not much money in the pocket, and there is still food to buy.

Standing on the street, Zhao Chuanxin looked up to the sky and sighed: "Harm, a penny is hard to beat a hero." ”

But I heard someone behind me: "Dao Chief, I can support you." ”

Zhao Chuanxin looked back in amazement: "Who are you?" Why are you so kind? Then borrow a thousand flowers first. ”

Behind him stood a foreigner, looking a little familiar.

Morrison said happily: "It's me, Morrisun." Dao Chief, we met in Lanzhou City. ”

"Oh, it's you......" Zhao Chuanxin stretched out his voice: "I forgot." ”

“……”

The city is big and the city is small, which is not the key to a coincidence. The key is that there are only two streets in Liangzhou City, and even more so that Morrison has been looking for Zhao Chuanxin recently, and he will inquire carefully every place he goes to and stay for a few days.

He was a qualified explorer, and with the help of £40 from his mother, he walked from Shanghai to Yangon, and two years later from Bangkok to Kunming, and the following year across the three provinces of Guanwai......

Curiosity is one of his driving forces, so he is obsessed with seeing Zhao Chuanxin again.

He didn't hear about Zhao Chuanxin, but he heard a place name from others, and it was called A Rixi in Mongolian.

It is rumored that it is an oasis in the middle of the desert, where there are patches of pastures and delicious food, and when you get there, people's lesions are cured......

The man swore to him that his baby had been to Ah Rixi.

If Zhao Chuanxin can't be found again, Mo Lixun is ready to go to find the magical Ah Rixi.

Mo Lixun remembered that Zhao Chuanxin sighed that he had no money just now, and he had an idea: "Dao Chief, if you accept my interview, I will pay you the corresponding fee." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Chuanxin's eyes lit up slightly: "How much money?" ”

Morrison held out five fingers.

Zhao Chuanxin was shocked: "Fifty thousand pounds? I'm blanching, come on, let's find a place to chat. ”

"......" Morrison emphasized: "It's five dollars, the ocean, not the pound." ”

Zhao Chuanxin sighed: "Hey, Mo Lixun, Mo Lixun, if the world is as stingy as you, then civilization will not progress, science and technology will not develop, human living standards will not improve, and the global material field will go back one hundred and fifty years, and when global warming, world wars, ice and snow melt in the Arctic and Antarctic, and people's hearts become sinister, then you are the culprit of these disasters." ”

Morrison ......: "I can add to six." ”

"Oh, Morrison, my friend, I remember you, you are a generous gentleman, and the Northwest welcomes you."

“……”

Mo Lixun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: "I don't have much money, and six oceans is already the limit." If the Taoist is short of money, I know that a Finnish explorer, Mahanda, has also arrived in Liangzhou City, and perhaps he is willing to contribute money to help the Taoist tide over the difficulties. ”

Foreigners are like this, Ding is Ding Mao is Mao, borrowing money to borrow a piece, the cost is up to six yuan, and no more than a penny.

Zhao Chuanxin is really short of money, he thought about it, if he makes another five oceans, eleven yuan can buy a lot of snacks, and open a snack shop in the sky, so as to coax those dung boys to barter and work, then today's task will be completed.

He said happily: "Let's interview while walking, and go by the way to find Mahanda, the gold owner." ”

(End of chapter)