Qingzhi Town, which is famous for its bamboo trade and is close to the main road of the Yongchuan River, is known as the first mode of travel for most people.

The Yongcheon River, which runs through the north and south of the Crescent River when the tributaries are included, not only nourishes and irrigates countless fields and livestock along the way, but also plays an extremely important role in the north-south transportation of a country with few plains and many mountains.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, with nine twists and eighteen bends, and there are all kinds of wild beasts and bandits, which adds to the danger. In the Moon Country, where waterway transportation is extremely developed, cruise ships of all sizes have largely replaced Rigal's position as the world's horse-drawn carriage - but the fact that groups still choose to travel by land is also a conclusion reached after careful consideration.

Although water transport is less expensive and the route is shorter and more direct than the mountain trails that often require detours, the risk of being exposed is higher because the route is mostly in more prosperous areas.

Don't forget, Kaleva and the others came to Qingzhi Town along the river and then perfectly ran headlong into the troops of the Qingtian City Lord and were detained.

The fortunate thing in the misfortune is that Qingtian is not a rebel, but it is uncertain whether he will be so lucky at the next stop. Even if they had the names of some rebellious local nobles, they could not be sure that everyone was on the list.

The rebels are not stupid, they have been planning a plan for such a long time, if it weren't for Henry, an uninvited guest from afar and a doctor who insists on going her own way, it is estimated that no one would have noticed it at all.

And now that they know that the list is missing, they won't be like the wooden people who do nothing. Interception is naturally one aspect, but seeing that there is a crisis of exposure, it is estimated that their plan will also be stepped up. Some of the nobles who were not included in the list may have also been co-opted into the rebels during this time.

The only role of the list is to give it to the high-ranking people of Xinjing, and use the various identification documents on it to confirm the rebel nobles and take the initiative. If they rely on the list as their own means of identifying dangers, then the reliability is greatly diminished for all the reasons mentioned above.

The matter in Swamp Village was quite noisy, and although it was overwhelmed by various reasons, people like Aotian who were keenly aware of it still smelled some information from it. Combined with the arrival of Henry and the others, the reason why the lord of the castle waited for the arrival of the sage as if he knew everything was because he had made his own set of inferences with the keen insight of a merchant.

Not joining the rebel camp meant that Qingtian should also be the object of their defense. The massacre in Marsh Village was the result of the unauthorised actions of the eldest son of the Kaga family, and the people above probably didn't expect it to be so big, and now they are trying to suppress the news.

Qingtian is estimated to have been aware of some trends for a long time, so he has maintained a certain degree of skepticism. Or maybe the rebel nobles in the north have tried to make contact, but with the conservative and forbearant style of the Moon Country, this is probably not carried out clearly, so as not to leave a handle.

But in short, the matter of Swamp Village and the arrival of Henry's group of suspicious characters confirmed Aota's long-standing suspicions.

As we have mentioned many times in the past, businessmen are always the first to smell the existence of crises and business opportunities. So he would hit it off with the sage who had only met for a few hours, and gave a cooperation plan that was so complete that it seemed that he had been preparing for more than half a month, and he thought about it countless times before, wanting to seek self-preservation.

Qingtian is a smart man, cunning, perceptive, and knows how to hide himself.

But it was precisely because of this that he did not act rashly, and even after learning the truth of that night in the swamp village through his conversation with the sage, he continued to live his life as if he did not know it.

What is the difference between a person who thinks he is smart and a person who is really smart?

- The former always thinks that other people are stupider than themselves, while the latter always assumes that everyone is just like them, or even smarter than themselves.

The arrogant army will be defeated, and Qingtian can govern Qingzhi Town so prosperous at the age of thirty, although it is related to the accumulation of ancestral industry, but it is more of a personal ability. Relying on the accumulation of their ancestors, those who only know how to sit and eat empty mountains are probably a lot of money in this country.

Henry knew that most of the prosperous places like Qingzhi would not easily rebel against Xinjing and choose to contact him. It is true that our Sage has enough experience and knowledge to impress the average person. But the nobles of the Northlands who were trying to rebel had lived in the land much longer than he had, and how could no one among them think of this.

The Qingtian family must be in the spotlight, and the people who are secretly watching them, and the spies who have been beaten into the mansion, are estimated to be many, many.

It is true that the ships are smoother by water, but once they are surrounded by people on the river, they are cornered. In addition, large ships that can carry about 100 people are huge, and even if they are replaced by small boats to form a fleet, the target is still very large. Those who are eyeing them can send a tailgating report such as a dinghy to ambush the town area ahead of them for resupply.

Even some of these problems can be encountered by land. Because of the large number of mountains in Crescent Island, the vast and sparsely populated wild forests occupy a large area of the country, and the danger is lower than that of waterways.

Although we have mentioned the term "hidden in the city" before, it is not very suitable for the current situation.

Blending into the crowd and hiding themselves from the vast sea of people itself is too difficult for their team of foreigners, whose composition determines that they can't keep a low profile.

All in all, in a word. Based on a series of considerations, on the grounds of "traveling, choosing a more difficult road to exercise", Qingtian began to deliberately spread the news of his son leading the team out in the social circle of the northern Japanese nobles, and at the same time, the group also embarked on a long road and went deep into the blue bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest near Qingzhi Town is very vast, and Henry and the others thought that they had seen about half of it, not to mention everything, but when they walked south for a few hours, they still saw towering green bamboos, and they really felt it.

And even with such an area of bamboo forest, it still needs to be taken care of by special personnel to keep up with the consumption rate of Qingzhi bamboo craftsmen, and to some extent, it also reflects how prosperous the bamboo trade here is - our Luo'an girl, who is thinking about it, has always made a small mistake of her lack of observation and jumps to conclusions.

What Mila doesn't know is that Qingzhi's so-called bamboo consumption is not exactly how much bamboo is cut. It needs to be taken care of because bamboo also has a quality distinction, and the best bamboo is a material that can withstand changes in temperature and humidity and is not easy to crack, and this kind of bamboo is one in a hundred.

Because bamboo grows naturally, wind and rain, and various wild animals grind their claws, teeth, and insects, there will always be dark wounds. Even if it is not the highest quality bamboo, it still needs to be selected to make a durable item.

Therefore, although the bamboo forests seem to be dense and vigorous, in fact, most of them are only allowed to grow and decline naturally, and only those experienced bamboo farmers who have seen and touched their hands and are convinced that it is a good material worthy of cultivation will be carefully watched, waiting for it to grow and then sawn down and sent for processing.

A morning was spent in a wordless march, and the team of about 100 people was faintly divided into two parts, and the atmosphere was a little awkward, which was expected.

Walking in the forefront, with bright armor and riding horses and leading 10 pack oxen, it was naturally the samurai under the command of the Qingtian family, and Henry and the others walked in the middle with the little unicorn, followed by the Yiren tribe led by Temulun.

The disagreement between the Yi people and the people was obvious, and even if they had to send people under the fence because of the situation, the air was still a little sharp and dreary.

This is the result of a combination of factors, even without the previous suppression of ethnic minorities in Xinjing, the disagreement between the mainstream of society and marginalized groups is still prevalent in all countries and regions.

Kazuto, and the nobles among Kazuto, the little young master Yajiro and the samurai under his command are the upper echelons of this country's society, accounting for 1 to 3 percent of the entire population of the country of the moon. The Yi tribe, who live in seclusion in the northern wilderness, except for a few fishermen in border villages, are basically self-sufficient, and are completely unsubordinate to their discipline, and exist in extra-legal lands.

Even if the contradiction and conflict of recent direct persecution are abandoned, the differences in identity, status, wealth, culture and other aspects still determine that it is impossible for the two sides to get along.

'I will follow my father's orders to go to Xinjing with you, this is a personal experience, but it does not mean that I have to live in peace with you.'

Although he didn't say it, the eyes and attitude of the little young master Yajiro still revealed such a message. And as a young master, he has this meaning, and the warriors under his command will naturally keep their distance from the people behind him.

After only a morning on the trip, the team looked like it was already showing signs of infighting.

The samurai who were with the people did not have any communication with the Yi people, and most of the samurai on horseback were fast, and even the walking ashigaru was young and powerful, and he was not afraid of hardship. Among the Yi people, there are old and weak women and children, and some people fall behind from time to time when they walk, and Temulun, who is in charge of the team, and his son Hulan have to look back and pay attention from time to time. But Yajiro in front of him only cared about himself and kept moving forward, and he didn't have the slightest intention of waiting for them.

This behavior naturally became a deliberate obstacle in the eyes of the Yi people, and what further intensified the conflict was that when they finally stopped at noon, some young Yi people wanted to go over and get some food from the pack ox, and the ashigaru who was protecting the pack ox directly showed their spears.

Most of the trip, including Henry and the others, were lightly dressed, and most of the baggage, including rations, were placed in the boxes carried by the pack oxen, so this act of being a light man directly exacerbated the conflict, and the two sides quarreled loudly in a language that they did not fully understand each other.

The young low-ranking warriors loudly accused the approaching Yi people of being thieves who had come to steal their belongings.

The Yi people thought that it was natural for them to come over to get some food, and the other party was deliberately trying to embarrass them.

Born in the mountains, the free-spirited Yi people did not have much concept of personal possessions, just as Lulu led Henry and his party to the camp longhouse in the first place, many of their things were shared by the tribesmen. But the samurai don't think so, according to the concept that the ashigaru people have instilled since childhood, even if the things here do have their share, it will have to wait until the young master of their own house agrees, and the samurai leader will arrange the distribution, and it is completely the idea of a thief to reach out and take it freely.

Differences in perceptions caused by different cultural backgrounds, coupled with class disparities and various forms of discrimination and prejudice, what began as small-scale disputes quickly turned into all kinds of grunting and scolding, and the actions between the two sides became more and more intense.

If it weren't for Narumi, who heard the movement and was arranging for the team to rest, he quickly came to stop it, I was afraid that there would be a violent clash on the spot.

Knowing that a conflict under his own fence would do more harm than good, Temulun quickly ran over to stop the few young people who acted without permission. As the leader of a tribe and having more contact with the people, he also understands that some of the ideas of the Yi people are not very feasible in the mainstream society of the Moon Country. After using their prestige to stop these young people, Temurun and Narumi decided to choose to divide a part of the rations for the Yi people to carry on their own in order to avoid further disputes. After this conclusion was proposed, Narumi returned to the front of the team and asked Yajiro, but fortunately, the little young master did not lose his temper at this time, and nodded and agreed, which was considered to solve the problem for the time being.

"What a bad future. Miss Doctor sighed as she lifted her forehead, while Mira looked left and right at Yiren who was walking past with food on her back and the samurai who had started to make a fire to cook on the other side, and finally turned her eyes to the sage.

"We. ”

"Whose food is it?"

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