Chapter 17: Dahongdong City (I)
Dahong Cave is a medium force in this wild mountain, with a city, hundreds of human settlements, covering an area of almost 40,000 kilometers, this land is very large, but the population is sparse, at most a few million people, the environment is quite bad, and there are a large number of barbarian gathering places in the territory.
Tiger Cliff Fort, Eagle Collar and other hunter settlements, there are many in this land, this kind of hunter settlements, generally speaking, can control the residence of a circle of one hundred and ten kilometers, and there is nothing that can be done about it, such hunter settlements, within the range of the power of the Dahong Cave, there are almost seven or eight thousand.
Dahong Cave has an emperor-like authority in this land, life and death are all decided by them, Dahong Cave is divided into inner and outer gates, and there are the most hundred wheel divisions, thousands of wheel divisions and ten thousand wheel divisions outside, and the Milun division can already guard one side, as for the real body of the first ring, the secret wheel real person, are all high-end forces outside.
The inner gate is more about cultivating disciples and has the right to manage the Great Hung Cave.
Among the 40,000 square kilometers, Dahongdong City is the only city, and all the inner gate management institutions of Dahongdong are in Dahongdong City.
This is also the first city Lei Xingfeng has seen in his life, standing in front of the city wall as high as 100 zhang, Lei Xingfeng and Lei Xingyao raised their heads, Lei Xingyao said: "Brother, what is this? It is higher than the cliff of our Tiger Cliff Fort!"
Lei Xingfeng said: "This ...... It should be a city wall, hell, why is this city wall so high?"
The old man of the thunderstorm said: "That's because of the war with the barbarians, if there is no city wall protection, it is difficult to resist the impact of the barbarians. ”
The three of them braved the heavy snow to come to Dahong Cave City, accompanied by Du Hongchen's master and apprentice, and a team of twenty thousand wheel masters, this time they also arranged two giant camel beasts, this thing Lei Xingfeng is also the first time to see, its appearance is very similar to the one-horned rhinoceros in the previous life, of course, the size is completely different, the camel beast is eight meters long, up to three meters, wide shoulders and thick back, great strength, but the character is very gentle.
There is a camel compartment on the back of the camel beast, which can carry goods and people, and this camel beast is very precious, and it is not rich and powerful that cannot be owned.
From Tiger Cliff Fort to Dahongdong City, this road took about seventeen days, and the speed of the camel beast walking was quite good, and there were no twists and turns to Dahongdong City.
The bluestone city wall, the tall city gate, and a team of patrolling Bailun Division, the gate inspection is very strict, fortunately, there is Du Hongchen, the elder of the outer gate of Dahong Cave, they did not delay long at the city gate, two camel beasts and a team of Qianlun Division entered the city.
After entering the city, Lei Xingfeng and Lei Xingyao's eyes are not enough, the city is extremely prosperous, you must know that there are more than 40,000 square kilometers of Ludao, just such a city, large caravans come here with a large number of goods, and then trafficked in all directions by countless small caravans, here is a commercial gathering place, material storage place.
It was difficult for Lei Xingfeng to adapt to so many people for a while, let alone Lei Xingyao, the little girl had never seen such a dense crowd.
In fact, Lei Xingfeng had seen a crowd countless times denser than this in his previous life, but he had lived here for a long time, and he was used to seeing the number of three or two kittens, and suddenly saw many people, and he was not used to it, but he quickly adjusted.
Countless vendors are placed on the side of the road, all the way, all kinds of people, as well as all kinds of items, are placed on a long table, each vendor has set up a big animal skin awning, however, here is not a shade, but a shade of snow, there is still a light snow in the sky, each vendor has a big copper basin, burning red charcoal, shouting, bargaining noise, charcoal fire to bring heat, rising white mist, the whole street is very lively.
On the wide bluestone paved road, the flow of people and vehicles is bustling, and the team of Lei Xingfeng is very eye-catching, because they have two very precious camel beasts, this kind of camel beasts are not used by rich and noble people, this is a symbol of identity.
There were many people on the road, so the speed of everyone's walking naturally slowed down, Lei Xingfeng and Lei Xingyao had already come out of the camel compartment, and the two followed the old man of the thunderstorm hand in hand.
The old man sighed with emotion and said: "The border town is still so charming. ”
Lei Xingfeng's eyes suddenly widened, and he said in surprise: "Barbarian, barbarian!"
The old man said, "Don't be surprised, barbarians can also come to Dahongdong City." ”
Lei Xingfeng was puzzled: "Aren't the barbarians mortal enemies of us, how dare they come to our city?"
Du Hongchen explained with a smile on the side: "What's so strange, of course you are dead and alive in the wild, but you must know that the barbarians also produce a lot of things, which are needed by those big merchants, and the various prey they bring are also better and more precious, and it is useless for them to keep them in their hands, so they come to trade some necessities of life." ”
Lei Xingfeng suddenly remembered the steel spears they held when he was fighting with the barbarians, and said, "Could it be that the weapons are also traded with them?"
Du Hongchen said: "Of course, weapons are also traded, but they need to take out a lot of things to exchange a steel spear, which is at least three or even four times more expensive than our exchange." ”
Lei Xingfeng said: "What if the barbarians kill people in the city?"
Du Hongchen smiled: "No, look at the barbarians...... It's all a hundred-wheel division and a thousand-wheel division, and they are watching, hehe, the barbarians don't dare to mess around. Then he added: "It's not that all barbarians can come, it's only the barbarians of a dozen big tribes who are qualified, they have long had an agreement, it's normal to fight with barbarians, it's normal to trade with them, don't be too surprised, there are also extremely powerful masters among the barbarians." ”
A few barbarians drove a few bighorn cattle past the team of Lei Xingfeng, the bighorn cattle have a gentle personality, completely different from the wild cows, they are good animals used by humans and barbarians to camel goods and trailers, and those bighorn cattle have a lot of furs and leather bags on their backs, and they don't know what is in the leather bags.
This barbarian and Lei Xingfeng have seen a little different, dressed more like humans, of course, they are still tall and strong, the bloody aura is still very strong, and their expressions are quite arrogant, one by one pouting, squinting their eyes, looking like you are weak and I am very powerful.
Lei Xingfeng couldn't help but say, "This barbarian is very indebted." ”
Du Hongchen said: "It's normal, in the wild, they are top hunters, not cultivators, they can't beat them at all, and it's normal to be arrogant, they are familiar barbarians, and they are already much better than raw barbarians." ”
It was the first time Lei Xingfeng had heard of the saying of raw and mature barbarians, and he said, "Familiar barbarians?
Wen Yan rolled her eyes, and she said: "The raw barbarians are even more barbaric, they can't communicate with us, the familiar barbarians can communicate with us, and there are many exchanges, of course, in the wild, no matter whether they are raw or cooked barbarians, just kill, they will not be polite to us." ”
Lei Xingfeng suddenly realized that human beings need the special products harvested by barbarians, and barbarians also need various daily necessities, so that the two can be in contact with each other, so that he can see barbarians in Dahongdong City.
After turning a few corners, the flow of people on the street gradually decreased, and Lei Xingfeng found that they had arrived at the residential area, and there were no more vendors on the street, but there were many small shops on the street, passing through an arched gate along the street, and there were several hundred wheel divisions standing at the gate.
A thousand wheel masters in the team stepped forward and let them go after saying a few words, Du Hongchen explained: "This is the inner gate of Dahong Cave. ”
Lei Xingfeng found that there were many children on the road, most of them were thirteen or fourteen years old, Du Hongchen became a full-time commentator, and he said: "These children are all preparatory disciples, once they reach the age of sixteen, they can start to cultivate, at this time, they are all in the learning stage, of course, they are all tested, and they all have the potential and qualifications to cultivate." ”
"This group of disciples are relatively well-qualified, so we study in the inner gate, and we also have a lot of preparatory disciples in the outer gate, and we have to accept a lot of disciples every year. ”
Lei Xingfeng smiled: "You came to Tiger Cliff Fort to let me study?"
Du Hongchen smiled bitterly and said: "You have been taught by your predecessors, of course you don't have to come here to learn, from the beginning, I have no malicious intentions." He had to explain when he had the chance, for fear of making a bad impression on the family.
The small buildings were hidden in the snow, and soon they came to a stone building, which was a two-story stone building, the building format was very tough, the large stone structure, the square building, there were several servants at the door, Du Hongchen said: "This is the guest room for entertaining distinguished guests, seniors, you will live here today." ”
The old man of the thunderstorm nodded and said, "Okay, let's settle down first." ”
Du Hongchen asked the servant to come over to get the luggage, Du Hongchen and Wen Yan personally sent it in, he said as he walked: "There is a small market in the back, all of them are from the inner door, there are a lot of good things, if you want to go, just ask a servant to take it." ”
This is a large suite, with three rooms, a large living room, the room is very warm, much better than the home of Tiger Cliff Fort, where Lei Xingfeng was surprised to find the glass window, so the room is very bright.
The living room is furnished with a full set of furniture, the style is a bit strange, but it is still within the scope of Lei Xingfeng's understanding, the hexagonal table, the half-waist seat, the ground is covered with thick animal skin, there is a large glass bottle in the corner, and a few plums are inserted obliquely, and a faint fragrance comes to the nose.
The sleeping room is a very large kang, which occupies half of the room, there is a screen in front of the kang, and there is a low table on the kang, which is very exquisitely made.
What surprised Lei Xingfeng the most was that there was a bathing room in this room, and the bathing pool was not boiling water, but a hot spring gushing out, although the house he lived in was relatively small, it was more luxurious than he imagined, which made him very satisfied.
Lei Xingyao felt even more novel, Lei Xingfeng still had the memories of her previous life, but she had never seen anything, the home of Tiger Cliff Castle, she already felt very good, she never thought about it, there was such beautiful furniture, such a bright room, and the ground was luxuriously covered with animal skins, which was also too exaggerated, she walked into the room and began to let out surprises.
Wen Yan couldn't help but show a hint of contempt, people in the mountains and wilderness are rare and strange.