Chapter 1 Preamble

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A.D. 1631

There is a dark river in the area bordering the eastern continent and the western desert.

The reason is estimated to be due to the crustal change and extrusion.

The dark river has been diverted in many places, and 24 of the 47 water-rich wells along the more than 380 kilometers have dried up.

The water level of the remaining 23 wells has also dropped below three meters. There are even wells that are so muddy that they can't be drunk directly.

The bloody battle for the water of life by the well intensified.

Loulan Kingdom, located at the lowest end of the Dark River. There are three small lakes in the country, which have also shrunk into muddy "puddles" at this time.

Many livestock have been ruthlessly slaughtered to avoid competing with people for drinking water.

Earthquakes are becoming more frequent, and some religions are not clear, but alarmists and hypes are being made. In this way, the people were deceived and looted for money.

Banditry is even more rampant, and there is an added item at the same time as the robbery of property: water grabbing!

The name of the small oasis in the southwest of Loulan is Zapraglange, or Zaprague for short! Loulan language means "heavenly pond where fairies bathe."

Beneath the oasis is a place where the dark river comes out to breathe, and the wonderful wetlands support more than 2,000 families.

The only well is called "Hu Ren Well".

It was dug by the nomadic tribe of Tianzhu. The tribe lived for several years and then migrated back to the country and left the well behind.

The large stone slab that covered the well was transported from nowhere, and it was engraved with Tianzhu characters and shepherd pictures.

The Zaprague Oasis is divided into north and south by a road that passes through a well.

The south is the territory of the Thirteen Horse Gangs, and the north is the territory of the Seven Great Dart Bureaus.

The seven dart games are: Weiyuan, Zhenyuan, Tianlong, Hutong, Zhongyong, Heda, and Shuntong.

Thirteen caravans

The camel team has Yangjiazhai, Hujiamiao, Lijiabao, Zhaojiapu, Wangjiazhuang;

The caravan has Sunjiagou, Zhangjiacun, Guojiadian, Hejiatun, Zhujiaao, Fengjiafang, Zuojiatang and Songjiayan.

The two departments do not interact with each other or attack each other, and each has its own type of transportation business and source of customers.

The most profitable thing for the horse gang camel team is to transport salt to the desert and escort cattle and sheep back to the Ming Dynasty.

The most profitable thing in the dart game is to protect gold and silver treasures, noble families, official family secrets, etc.

They have a common enemy: horse thieves or bandits.

The two major horse bandits are: the Scar Iron Rider and the left-handed sword quicksand. There are three groups of horse thieves in Monan: Kunlun Thorn Tiger, Qilian Zhuoerda, and Yanmen Scimitar Gang, and these three forces occasionally come to attack.

Although the dart board has little to do with the caravan caravan. But the children at the well play together without boundaries.

The adults of the two parts are also never restrained. They all have one wish: to let the next generation become friends, and if they meet gangsters on the road, they can also have a care!

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