Regardless of the era, weather and road conditions have always been a huge problem for people who travel on the go. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Soldiers are fast, whether commercial or military, if they can be one step ahead, the advantage will be quite huge. Throughout history, most powerful countries have paved roads within their borders, whether they are made of wood or slate, and the essence of paving has not changed much - the use of large logs to roll and compact the soil to shape the soil and then cover it with a hard surface, and some steep mountain roads and other steep mountain roads have supported sides to strengthen the sides to prevent collapse.

In the heyday of the Laman Empire, in addition to stone slabs, many roads would be filled with natural asphalt and tar with a mixture of lime, crude fiber, and horsehair and pig hair, and the roads after being completely hardened were basically free from the threat of rain, while in contrast, like the West Coast and even the Absera Savannah where Henry and his party are now, once the widespread pure natural dirt roads are soaked by the rain and become soft, the movement will become extremely difficult.

War horses weighing hundreds of kilograms may be the best long-distance high-speed means of transportation in the field when the weather is dry and the ground is hard, but when the rain has been falling for two or three days in a row, and the soil is so soft that the heavily armed mercenaries can step on their calves, let alone run, and it will be even more difficult to drive horses to walk in an ordinary way.

A difference in weight of ten or twenty kilograms can decide a lot of things, and in the history of the invincible hoplites and their horses on the West Coast, the terrain has always been the biggest enemy. Muddy and rain can easily make an army of 10,000 people lose all their advantages, and even for the steppe people, who are mainly light cavalry, these sticky and soft ground is still a nuisance.

The reason why the steppe people are less likely to plunder during the rainy season and have fewer disputes between tribes is that in addition to the fact that the rainy season is more abundant and suitable for stable development, it may also have a lot to do with the environmental factors affected by the continuous rains.

Returning to the original place, the grassland people, who were short of supplies and usually traveled lightly, needed to dismount their horses and slowly lead the road conditions, and Henry, who carried a lot of baggage, naturally did not want to be worse. Although the value of precious metals such as gold and silver on the grasslands exists, most of them are only at the level of high-level decorations, so in addition to supplies, the "currency" carried on the carts for trading can only be all kinds of daily necessities that they lack.

The glassware produced in the south was also a rare and delicate handicraft for the steppe people, and they were small but also heavy in wooden boxes stuffed with straw to resist earthquakes. There were also layers of waterproof wrapping, expensive spices to protect from moisture, and equally precious sugars and even tea, which added considerable weight to the outer packaging, plus folded tents, bedding, household items, food, cooking utensils and cutlery, and even spare shields and some repairs and replacement wheels, axles and other accessories, the whole carriage had already weighed more than a ton, leaving deep marks on the dry hard mud, not to mention the soft and rotten rain of the soil.

Rao was an experienced merchant in the south, and it still took a long time to get the lighter, empty cage wagons to take the lead.

There are no mountains or anything like that in the Absera savannah, but there are elevation differences, and as we mentioned before, human habitation is not something that can be found anywhere. At this time of year, the heavy rain may be several days in a row, and if the location of the camp is too gentle, or worse, slightly lower than the surrounding terrain, it is quite normal for the water to overflow, causing water to soak in water, damage the excrement of people and animals, and contaminate the drinking water source, and eventually cause widespread diarrhea and dysentery.

Regardless of the rainy season, it is common sense that camps should be located on slightly higher ground and with easy drainage, even on weekdays.

The ideal settlement is a shallow basin topography from the half-slope to the top, where rainwater naturally gathers at the bottom, and it is convenient to get water, and it is also possible to avoid damage to objects due to moisture.

This culture and history is not something that any outsider can truly understand, even our noble master Henry. The history of each place belongs to those who were born and raised on this land, who have been creating their own memories all the time since the day of their birth, and who have been making them with their hands for generations and remembering them together physically and mentally, and this high sense of identity is not a single "know more" such knowledge and experience can be compensated, it must be a "common" memory, something created by some people who have lived together for a long time.

Aristocrats and scholars from various countries with developed culture and rich capital may be able to know the history of a certain country or region thousands of miles away, but what they know is only a microcosm of the thousands of people who are struggling in the historical trend of those great eras. The power of words, words, or pictures is limited, and the insights they can bring you are far from empathy, and it is impossible to truly understand the experience and feelings of a particular group if you do not experience the same things together with the same blood.

From the way of life to spiritual cultivation, and so on, many things have accumulated bit by bit to form a huge gap called "class", "nation", and even "race."

Arrogant people always talk about the calamities of a certain people with a tone of compassion and compassion when they talk about the calamities of a certain people, but they only know the surface of their perseverance and suffering.

No matter where they go, they can really be accepted by a certain nation or a certain group, usually they are people who speak the same language and flow the same blood as them, and outsiders who have never had empathetic experience and have never had a common history can be said to be the guide ruler of these people, and it may be difficult to even have a cordial exchange - and this may be the reason why Henry will hand over the burden of communicating with the Luoan royal family who are about to meet to our Luoan girl.

Mira is still a child after all, and although she is outstanding in spirit and strength compared to her age, she cannot compare with our sages in terms of ability alone. If she asked her teacher to do something, the girl would have a sense of reassurance for no reason, because she knew that what Henry had shown so far was only a drop in the bucket, and he might not be a panacea, but when it came to a problem, he always had many options to deal with it calmly. In contrast, he seems to be much more uncertain, and some problems that can be solved by the sage can be solved lightly seem to be difficult for Mira.

If he was in charge of everything, and he was allowed to do everything, perhaps many of the things he had encountered so far would have different results - this kind of extreme idealistic idea often haunted the girl's heart, but obviously the reality is not so simple, the struggle for power and conspiracy and all kinds of fate, even if you have the ability and the right method, sometimes you can only powerlessly admit defeat.

What she didn't understand a year ago can now be understood thoroughly.

Rao is Henry Melch who knows so much that what a single individual can accomplish with all his might is still extremely limited.

Like the things about the Loan royal family that are about to be faced, and many of the details are still foggy, it is a typical example, it is not that Henry, who was born in the Loan clan, is inherently less than the white-haired girl—it is a little more certain to be able to add a little certainty to the already unpredictable ahead.

Intelligence is desperately scarce.

All they knew now was that there had been traces of the Luo'ans in the nearby area, and the nearby forces naturally belonged to the small clan called the Red-billed Sparrow that was currently following. The steppe commander, Abenny, replied that there were indeed Roans in their camp, and the party was now heading towards their camp.

But that's all he can reveal.

It is impossible for the high-ranking nobles of this small clan who have already shown their skills before to expose all the information directly like a brainless young man, although in the negotiation, Inagi tried it without a trace, and the other party only gave a general answer such as "someone". Even the number of slaves, the private property of which noble, or whether they were slaves or not, Ebeni smiled and confused.

If they wanted to know the details, they could only follow each other on an adventure, and the steppe commander's personal ability to say nothing was quite fearful, and the increasingly heavy air in the team caused by all this further made the task more and more difficult.

The so-called knowing the face but not the heart, just reaching a cooperation agreement does not mean that everyone can completely let down their guard. The fact that Ebenny didn't intend to reveal more information and the party leader had to decide to take the risk of following the other party's actions was also a psychological tactic on his part - why the Red-billed Finch Clan chose to cooperate with the caravan is not difficult to understand in connection with the distribution of power in the steppes and the various struggles we have been talking about for thousands of years.

The size of the clan named after the bird and finch as a totem is usually only a few hundred people, and the number will not exceed a thousand, and the scale itself is small, although the grassland people are all soldiers, and those who can come out to wander and guard must usually be men in the prime of life, in other words, the team of 80 or so people is estimated to be most of the main combat force of the red-billed finch clan in proportion. They fought against the well-armoured and sharply armed mercenaries of the South, and the rainy season was a time for nomads to recuperate and thrive, and the cost of conflict was obviously not cost-effective.

Both sides don't want to have attrition, the interests are the same, and it is naturally best if there is no conflict, but there are dead and wounded after the fight, and in this case, a real explanation is needed. Judging the situation, the scheming Inyaji decisively paid a portion of the precious supplies as "settlement money" to avoid bloodshed and reached a cooperative relationship, allowing the local landlord to lead the way to the camp in order to achieve his goal, and the two sides are now at peace, at least on the surface, but this is not an unbreakable alliance for Rausch.

Security is based on the premise that there is a threat and a considerable threat, and if the other side does not show reasonable judgment and strong force and determination to resist desperately, the result of the caravan will not be much better than the outcome of the previous group of a dozen or so riders who are also steppe people.

And the reason why capable people are jealous is that they always have a lot of calculations, and Ebenny, who has long shown his strategy, can never really be trusted, and he is only more terrible than a reckless young man like Khaled. The youngest son of the patriarch of the Aries clan may have a lot of knowledge, but his impulsive temper is enough to ruin all plans, shouting "glory", and the people who are surging with blood may be terrible opponents when they face each other, but as long as they master the method, it is not difficult to solve them, and this kind of scheming guy like Ebeni, who is from a noble background and can endure his mind and start from a small place to catch a big fish, is the enemy who really needs to be on guard at all times.

And for now, it's clear that they're having the upper hand.

Because Yaji's "surrender" in exchange for peace and even later cooperation brought a lot of shock to the caravan, coupled with the conflict of ideas with the Aries clan, the estrangement between the mercenaries and the steppe warriors who could not be trusted was even more obvious, and they wanted his "honor" The fact that Khaled, who had insulted the traditions of the steppes, was able to keep his composure in a battle for revenge against his companions, apparently had something to do with the relatively enlightened education of the patriarch of the Aries clan, and the samurai under his command were constantly persuading the young nobleman, but even though he knew that if he separated from the mercenaries and the group they would be defeated one by one, it was still doubtful how long Khalid would be able to suppress his temper.

This, coupled with Albeni's refusal to reveal more information, forced them to take the risk of choosing to go to the other party's camp, and catalyzed the internal contradictions of the entire caravan, and the scheming red-billed finch nobles had no reason to give up their plans to eat them clean after receiving some benefits, and now the team is facing the dilemma that they know that their morale has dropped and that it is the wishful thinking of the other party, and they have no other plan to choose.

As the leader, Inagi and the mercenaries from the Felex family struggled to maintain the unity of the team and avoid further conspiracy by Ebenny, while racking their brains to restore morale, but the heavy rain since the establishment of the cooperative relationship made everyone physically and mentally exhausted, and at this moment came to the camp close to the Red-billed Finch Clan. When there is a half-slope with a difference in elevation as we have mentioned before, everything that the wheels of the carriage cannot push out for a long time in the soft and steep earth is simply very anxious to the extreme.

The scattered thoughts were entangled with each other, and many people who realized that the situation would definitely not be good if it continued like this, and the mercenaries, who had long been irritable, began to scold, Khalid and the steppe warriors under his command had nothing to do with themselves, and the indifference of not coming to help was exacerbated by the fact that Albeni was supposed to lead the way into the camp in the distance, and they listened to it, watching from afar, waiting for the emotional outburst to turn into a bloody conflict, whether it was the mercenaries who were angry at the leader or at Khalid who didn't help, they were angry at the red-billed finch clan- The situation was at its most critical, and the expressions of the anxious merchants and mercenaries contrasted sharply with the almost imminent smile of Ebenny, but at this moment our tall Sage Monsieur turned and dismounted lightly, and walked straight to the carriage that had sunk into the mud.

"Click-" His hands rested on the frame at the end of the carriage, and the great sword behind his back, which was deliberately put on the outside of his cloak and easily drawn, shone in the rain to attract the attention of a large number of people, and Henry was in the midst of everyone's shocked attention, lifting the heavy carriage from the dirt with both hands.

"Let's go—" His tone was still calm, as if all this had not been much effort, and he carried the carriage lightly, and with the drive of the coachman in front of him, he took a few steps out of the mud puddle that was sinking deeper and deeper, and after putting it down, he turned around, clapped his hands, and walked back to his horse calmly.

"......" Albenny narrowed his eyes and stared at our sage, the best way to boost morale is a simple and crude display of strength, and the shock in the hearts of the mercenaries around him is obvious when the tall Henry does all this lightly. Everything he had planned before was easily resolved by this black-haired man, and the timing chosen by this person was not at all a coincidence, although Ebenny could still repeat the old trick later, but I was afraid that the other party would choose to resolve it again at the right time.

"This team should not be taken lightly...... he said in a voice that is not too high, it doesn't take a lot of effective action to be effective, as long as it is used in key places, the effect is very significant, and it is important to be able to judge this and most importantly have this ability to achieve, obviously his plan should also make some changes.

“...... That guy. The sage's actions spread like ripples and affected the people around him, lifting a weight of more than a ton with his bare hands even for a short time is not something anyone can do, and the jealous power made Khalid and his party become a little calmer as if they had been poured a basin of cold water.

A simple move, and the contradictions that were on the verge of erupting disappeared.

Using the display of his own strength as an external deterrent and an internal morale boost, our Sage achieved his goal in the simplest and most brutal way.

Continue. (To be continued.) )