At the speed at which the old turtle crossed the river, the water area of 3,800 miles would take at least one day and one night.

However, the old turtle is very talkative, completely beyond the slow-moving turtle character in Duan Heng's imagination.

Even a lot of Duan Heng's inquiries, it gave detailed answers, in addition, even a lot of dragon gossip did not shy away.

For example, a certain dragon girl is going to marry to a certain imperial family next month, and the eldest princess of a certain imperial family is married to the Jingjiang dragon family, but her husband, a certain dragon son ran away from home on the eve of the wedding, and before leaving, he did not forget to announce that his true love was a certain fox girl.

This caused the Jingjiang Dragon Emperor to be furious, even though one of his favorite concubines was a fox.

As for the princess of the imperial patriarch, she violently killed twelve fox maids in one day - the old turtle sighed, extremely sorry, and hated to rescue the twelve beautiful women who were like flowers and jade.

Duan Heng just regarded these as wild anecdotes, just listen to them.

However, there was one thing that the old turtle said that made him very interested, that is, the ferry on the other side of the Jingjiang River.

According to Lao Gui, this ferry port is not one-to-one with the ferry he is in, in fact, it should be a huge port, in addition to transporting people and ferrying, it also shoulders the function of bulk cargo throughput, and is one of the three most important ports under the control of the Jingjiang Dragon Clan, which can bring unimaginable profits to the Jingjiang Dragon Clan every year.

This is the benefit of the dictatorship, the entire Jingjiang River runs through 320,000 li, and the widest part of the river is enough for tens of thousands of miles, completely cutting off the trade routes of Hansha City, Dahuang City, and Zhuye City, these three major cities, and the goods transported by the major commercial houses must be transferred from Jingjiang, and the tolls alone will be collected for cramps in the hands and feet, not to mention that the Jingjiang Dragon Clan itself also operates a huge trade.

Comparatively speaking, this ferrying for people is just a trivial matter, and it is completely a small business made by various water demons under the Jingjiang Dragon Clan.

Next, except for a few water demons who collected protection fees, they were safe and sound all the way, of course, Duan Heng had to pay for this protection fee out of his own pocket, and he was extorted three hundred immortal stones.

Fortunately, on the lonely peak that day, Luo Qingniang left all their Qiankun bags, and there were more than 100,000 immortal stones inside, so there was no need to worry about the cost.

In the morning of the next day, Duan Hengcai finally saw the huge port called Feiyu from a distance, and to be honest, he was really shocked.

However, this Flying Feather Harbor is completely different from those huge ports on the earth, not that the ships are bigger, more numerous, and busier, in fact, the entire Flying Feather Harbor is only nine giant ships anchored at the moment, and if it is not as big as the aircraft carriers on the earth.

But the problem is that the power source of these nine giant ships is too terrifying.

For example, one of the giant boats was actually pulled by three black Jiao with a body length of more than 100 meters, and the three black Jiao's whole body was clasped by huge chains, which looked honest, but the kind of coercion that was inadvertently exuded also made Duan Heng, who was more than ten miles away, sweat coldly.

As for the other giant boats, although they are not pulled by the black Jiao, they are all giant water demons with different images and fierce ones.

"Those are all ocean-going giant ships temporarily moored here, which are to cross the great rivers all the way, and finally go to the other side of the endless sea, the whole journey is more than tens of trillions of miles, and it takes hundreds of years to go back and forth, and the profits earned are unimaginable. ”

At this time, there was no need for Duan Heng to ask, the old turtle had already taken the initiative to explain.

"I'm very strange, why do you use the black Jiao to pull the boat, don't the dragon clan think about it?"

"Ha, you think too much, your human race is not the same as enslaving the human race? How can the dragon clan be an exception, but like this black Jiao who pulls a boat, it is indeed rare, they have committed great crimes, and then they are punished, and like the cage in the Jingjiang Dragon Clan who fell in love with the fox Meizi, if he is finally caught, he will inevitably have to be a boat puller for thousands of years. The old turtle didn't care.

Next, the old turtle carried the boat, went around for a long time, and finally stopped on the chaotic bank of the river somewhere outside the Flying Feather Harbor, where there were hundreds of boats similar to this ferry, and the water demons like the old turtle were also everywhere, they either lay in their own boats and slept and waited for business to come to the door, or they sat on the shore, and did not care about the mud, they carried huge wine jars one by one, shouting and drinking, and they were very happy.

From the bank of the river, a dozen steps further, there is a muddy road, the crowd is bustling, but most of them are teams of coolies carrying hundreds of catties, or even thousands of catties, needless to say, these are ordinary people.

They are responsible for loading and unloading ships in the port.

In addition, there are caravans, darts, and travelers in a hurry.

On the other side of the dirt road are rows of dilapidated houses, all of which exude the peculiar musty smell of being soaked in the river, all of which are shops, teahouses, taverns, and even pawnshops.

Business is not bad.

Follow this road to the west, which leads to Feiyu Port, and to the east, about twenty miles, you can see a magnificent wall, which should be the checkpoint that Huang Pizi said, cutting off the trade route of Hansha City.

But Duan Heng didn't expect that this place was so prosperous, with thoroughfares in all directions, here, he could do whatever he wanted, and there was no problem in going anywhere he wanted.

So how can Huang Pizi guarantee that he will definitely go to Cold Sand City?

Duan Heng pondered as he walked along the muddy road towards the eastern wall, according to the old turtle, there were more shops within the wall, like a small city, and the prices of the items sold in those shops were more fair.

Twenty miles away was not too far, and Duan Heng soon came to the bottom of the wall, where the ground was paved with huge bluestones, and it looked much neater and tidy.

As for the wall, it was like a fictitious, there were no guards, and even when Duan Heng walked in and saw it, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, because for some reason, this was supposed to be a four-sided gate, but now there is only one side left, but all kinds of buildings emerge in endlessly, and it is even more chaotic, on the street in the center, which is three hundred meters wide, is full of black-horned beasts carrying goods, and there are many shabby dart masters who seem to be dart games, so they just sit on the ground to rest.

In addition, there are more piles of idlers, gathered together, and whenever someone who looks like a merchant passes by, they rush up and shout endlessly.

Duan Heng stopped and listened for a while, only to realize that these people were all guards waiting to be hired, or more precisely, mercenaries.

It's just that what surprised him even more was that the strength of these people was not weak, at least more than eighty percent of them were children, and the rest were liquefied eight or nine layers.

This is really puzzling, or is Duan Heng himself rare and strange?

As he thought about it, he suddenly heard the jingling of bells behind him, which meant that another caravan had arrived through Flying Feather Harbor.

Duan Heng hurriedly stepped aside, and at the same time looked up, this was actually a large-scale caravan, there were at least hundreds of blackhorned beasts carrying goods, but there were only more than thirty guards in the same group.

At this time, a man riding on a blackhorned beast in the lead was shaking the bell in one hand and shouting, "Recruit capable guards, go to Xichuguan in Beiyuan Prefecture, and reward three hundred immortal stones, if you are interested, please go to the rotten shrimp trading house for testing." ”

He shouted like this, and suddenly many of the hired guards on this long street roared and ran in the other direction of the long street.

It's just that Duan Heng is at this time, but there is a burst of cold air in his heart!

Is this still a coincidence?

Because this caravan actually set off from Salted Fish Castle, many people in it he recognized, for example, that Huang Xuan.

For a moment, Duan Heng was a little hesitant whether he would avoid it immediately.

But at this moment, in the caravan, someone suddenly lifted his cloak and shouted at him in surprise: "Xiao Mao, Duan Xiaomao, is it you, I'm Ding Jingjing!"

"Ding Jingjing?"

Duan Heng sighed slightly in his heart, and could only take a step forward, because at this time, the entire caravan stopped, and most people's eyes fell on him.

"Hey, Brother Xiaomao, what's going on, why are you here?

At this time, another big man jumped off the blackhorned beast in surprise and rushed in front of Duan Heng, but it was Huang Xuan, the foot soldier of the Salted Fish Castle.

It's just that I haven't seen him for more than two years, this Huang Xuan seems to be very different, the whole person is like a sharp sword out of the sheath, breathtaking.

In fact, not only Huang Xuan, but even Ding Jingjing, who was very weak before, has become extremely capable.

With a grin, Duan Heng smiled and said, "I should be asking, why are you here?"

"It's a long story, two years ago, to be precise, it was two years, one month and eight days, the lord of the castle sent us to escort a batch of goods from the Rotten Shrimp Firm, all the way north, no, until today, we have not been able to reach the destination, come on, let's go to the branch of the Rotten Shrimp Firm here. ”

Huang Xuan laughed heartily, pulled Duan Heng and joined the team.

Duan Heng also kept smiling, and greeted Ding Jingjing and the others for a few words, and then found that among the dozens of guards, at least half of them were known to him, and some were known from the crossbow barracks in Mountain Ghost County, such as Ding Jingjing, Qiu Xiaoyu, Ning Donglou, and some people were pawns of Salted Fish Castle, such as Huang Xuan, An Wei, and the former team Zhengluo Guo'er.

"Hey, Duan Xiaomao, tell me quickly, how did you get here? When we set off from Salted Fish Fort that day, we heard that you were granted five acres of mountain land by the lord of the castle, and we thought you had become a small landlord!"

At this time, Naqiu Xiaoyu couldn't wait to ask again, and it could be seen that they were really surprised.

"I can't say anything about it, and if I say I don't even know what this place is, you probably won't believe it. ”

Duan Heng smiled, his gaze casually swept over everyone, and then he found that whether it was Ding Jingjing, Qiu Xiaoyu, Huang Xuan and others, the overall strength had increased significantly, which was really a bit incredible.

It's just that he just thought about it, but Qiu Xiaoyu's eyes were red and he sighed: " Xiao Mao, you don't know, when we set off, there were 500 people, 200 foot soldiers, 300 crossbowmen, we were all happy, who would have thought that this road was like hell, the road was not half out, we died only more than 100 people, and then had to temporarily recruit guards, so we were worried all the way, and finally arrived at the destination of Hansha City, but at that time, our original 500 people, there were only a dozen of us left, woo, we will never go back. ”

When Qiu Xiaoyu said this, he couldn't help crying, and the rest of the people were also related.

"Xiao Yu is saying, we will never go back to Salted Fish Castle, she just confirmed the relationship with her boyfriend at that time, it is Zhang Chao, do you remember, he is a foot soldier. At this time, Ding Jingjing hurriedly explained to Duan Heng, who was a little stunned.

"Why can't you go back?"

Duan Heng showed a very curious look, "Aren't you affiliated with Salted Fish Castle?" ”

"Hey, Brother Xiaomao, do you still think that this is the earth, and everyone has an identity? We are indeed starting from Salted Fish Castle, and we are also soldiers belonging to Salted Fish Castle, but our escort team has suffered heavy casualties, and we are no longer able to return to the original place of departure, because the distance is too far, and the caravan will not fix two points and one line of merchants, in this case, our only choice is to become wandering mercenaries, for example, these people, who are in a foreign land, do not know where they will die? As for hometown, do we still have a hometown?"

At this time, Huang Xuan, who was in front, sighed.

"However, our luck is good, the rotten shrimp trading house recruited us into the escort team, become a full-time guard, this time we are escorting this batch of goods to Xichu Pass, if we get there, if our team is not badly damaged, we will turn back, otherwise we will be forced to become wandering mercenaries, choose to join other caravans, I don't know where to drift next." ”