"I didn't expect this trade route to be underground!" Jiang Jianqiu said dumbly as he looked at the dark and narrow tunnel in front of him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Luo Qingmei patted him on the shoulder on the side and said: "The Great Qi Business Alliance is all over the sea, and I don't know how many trade roads have been built, if you want to talk about the ability to build bridges and pave roads, no one in this Central Continent can compare to the Business Alliance." The ground beneath the snowfield is hard, just right for tunneling. ”

The chubby shopkeeper Wang on the side suddenly said: "Yes, in order to open up this passage, a digging worm that I borrowed from the General Alliance back then, and it took two and a half years to dig up the eighty-mile snow field. Well, that's a lot of money......"

Jiang Jianqiu naturally didn't care how much money the shopkeeper spent to dig this tunnel. However, if he passed through the snow field from this tunnel in front of him, he directly saved the pain of being disturbed by the cold wind, and there was absolutely no need to worry about getting lost, which made him unable to help but admire the vast supernatural powers of the Great Qi Business Alliance.

However, Jiang Jianqiu glanced at the smiling fat man beside him suspiciously, why did he go to Ice Flame City this time, and this Wang shopkeeper also went with him?

Shopkeeper Wang seemed to see the look of doubt in Jiang Jianqiu's eyes, he coughed twice, and said: "This time I went to Ice Flame City, in addition to catching the juveniles of the desolate beasts, there are many other businesses to trade with the city lord of Leng Wuxin, so I will also go there in person, Jiang Shaoxia, take care of me along the way." ”

Jiang Jianqiu nodded, he looked back, and found that the scale of this team was really not small, except for a few of them, the five monks who survived the battle of the Hundred Foot Desolation last time were all in the ranks, and even the one whose hand was burned by the black fire was also in the team, Jiang Jianqiu couldn't help but sigh secretly, it was really a death for money.

There were also seven or eight servants in the rear, each carrying a donkey, and the donkey was carrying a lot of things on its back, which seemed to be goods destined for Iceflame City. Because this tunnel is extremely narrow, Shang Meng specially prepared the smallest donkeys, just enough to pass through the tunnel.

In the end, there was an old man like the bookkeeper, who, according to the shopkeeper Wang, had been sent by his employer to follow the team to ensure that the last cub was captured. However, Jiang Jianqiu looked at the old man with a weak look, and he really couldn't guess what he could help.

However, the shopkeeper Wang has great respect for this old gentleman named Wen Jingru, after all, businessmen put money first.

"Let's go, it will take you a day to go through the tunnel today, and tomorrow you will have to advance a day in the snow field to reach Ice Flame City!" Luo Qingmei gave an order, and this strange team walked along the deep tunnel on the ground to the depths.

It took a day to make the tunnel more than 80 miles, and everyone reached the end of the other end in the evening. The exit of the tunnel at the other end is in a leeward col. It was getting late, it was too dangerous to walk on the snow at night, and the animals that were hauling the goods also needed to rest, so the whole team rested in a basement at the exit of the tunnel, which was built for people to rest when it was first built, and more than a dozen people sat or lay in it, without looking crowded at all.

Luo Qingmei and Yue Mingxin sat side by side against the wall, she looked at Yue Mingxin with a calm face, and asked meaningfully, "Miss Yue, when did you meet me, a junior brother?"

Yue Mingxin was slightly stunned, thought for a while and said, "The first time I met Brother Jiang, it should have been in an ancient forest on the edge of Tangyin Mountain last year......

"It's only been a year, how do you look like you're very familiar. Luo Qingmei quipped.

Yue Mingxin smiled slightly, and her eyes became a little fluttering, "Yes, it's only been more than a year, but I feel like I've known each other for a long, long time......"

Yue Mingxin turned her head to look at Luo Qingmei and asked, "Miss Qingmei, have you been living in this Northland City?"

Luo Qingmei shrugged her shoulders and said, "When I was a child, I practiced with our old man, and later quarreled with him a few times, and ran away from home in a fit of anger. met the shopkeeper of the king, and has been staying in the business alliance. followed the shopkeeper Tiannan and Haibei to a lot of places, and it can be regarded as seeing some of the world. ”

Yue Mingxin chuckled and said, "So the shopkeeper Wang is your master, but looking at him, he doesn't seem to be a cultivator." ”

Luo Qingmei nodded, "The shopkeeper is just an ordinary person, but he is born with the brains of a businessman, and when it comes to making money, it is absolutely unparalleled in the world." I think it's not bad to do business with him, so I do business like this, and occasionally go to the casino to play a few pastimes, which is not much stronger than the original cultivation of following the old man to work hard!"

Luo Qingmei looked at Yue Mingxin and smiled slightly, and said, "It's relatively simple to be a businessman, only talk about business, not feelings!"

Early the next morning, the team set off again, the underground tunnel had come to an end, and the next dozens of miles were advancing on the surface, but fortunately, the most difficult section of the wind and snow area had passed underground, and the snow here was obviously much smaller, so even this caravan, both old and young, could slowly move forward in the snowfield.

However, it was much more difficult to advance through the snow than in the underground tunnels, and it was not long before the fat king's shopkeeper had some difficulty in moving, and at last he had to let the servant vacate a donkey with a cargo and carry him forward.

Yue Ling'er became the most lively one, she ran before and after a while, and attacked almost everyone in the team with snowballs, this child who grew up in the south was the first time to see such a sweeping snow scene.

The distance in the snowfield was less than fifty miles, but when the group walked to the sky, it was still a white snowfield in front of them, and the Ice Flame City did not even see a shadow.

Luo Qingmei couldn't help but start to be a little anxious at this moment, there were still many ordinary people in the team, if they spent the night in this snowfield, they were afraid that they would not be able to withstand the biting cold wind at night, and those animals were also on the verge of losing their strength, and they would not be able to reach their destination, they were afraid that it would be very troublesome.

"There seems to be something up ahead. Jiang Jianqiu squinted his eyes and suddenly said loudly.

Luo Qingmei looked forward, only to see that in the dim twilight, a gray shadow appeared on the distant skyline, the gray shadow seemed to be made up of countless irregular buildings, which seemed to be a little chaotic and dilapidated, in this endless snowfield, it was particularly abrupt.

Luo Qingmei breathed a sigh of relief, and finally arrived, she shouted loudly: "Everyone hold on, we have already seen Ice Flame City!"

When the sky was completely dark, this group of people finally arrived at the city of Ice Flame City, which is now divided into an inner city and an outer city, all of which have been occupied by the city lord Leng Wuxin, and a group of black-armored guards can be seen patrolling back and forth on the city.

Outside the walls of Iceflame City, there lived a large number of Northland outcasts, most of whom were guilty of sin in the Seven Kingdoms, sent to this bitter cold land to be left to fend for themselves.

After dark, the gates of Ice Flame City were completely closed and could not be opened, so everyone had to stop and rest in the outer city first. Fortunately, the Great Qi Business Alliance also has a branch in this Ice Flame City, Luo Qingmei led the way, and the team passed through the dilapidated streets and walked forward silently.

Yue Mingxin looked at both sides of the street between walking, looking at these blank and bewildered homeless people, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and said: "Since the city lord of Ice Flame City is in charge of this prescription circle, why doesn't he seek some benefits for these ordinary people, and let people endure freezing and starving in the ice and snow like this, it's really unacceptable!"

Luo Qingmei sneered and said, "Miss, Ice Flame City doesn't treat these homeless people as human beings. According to Leng Wuxin, letting these homeless people take shelter from the wind and snow under the walls of Ice Flame City is already her great mercy!" )