Chapter 154: On the Road
In the afternoon, Ren Baqian walked out of the palace gate wearing the official uniform of the Zhongyu Fucheng, and there were already two cars waiting outside the square, both of which were pulled by Qu Niu, but the appearance was very different.
One is in the palace, pulled by two curved oxen, the carriage is completely made of wood, exuding a kind of wood aroma, the coachman is an old man, with short gray hair and a Chinese face, looking very serious.
The other one is Tao Jiyuan's, which is also pulled by two curved oxen, but the carriage is a little smaller.
Behind the two chariots, there were four columns of knights in leather armor, without helmets, but with a feather stuck in the shoulder, which was the most elite army under the empress's command. There are only fifteen hundred people, but their strength is not weaker than the level of Great Xia.
The first entry into the earth wheel can be held in Daxia as a martial artist below the seventh rank, and the same strength in Dayao can also be held as a martial artist below the ninth rank, but in the flying cavalry army, he is just an ordinary knight.
Underneath these flying horses are the kind of sheep of great size, this animal is not slow, and it is especially good at jumping, and it is no worse than the bird that looks at the mountains, but it is a little bumpy.
The reason why this mount was chosen instead of the lookout bird is probably due to the huge size of these knights and the high weight of their weapons. On the other hand, a large number of Wangshan birds gather together, and the smell is really irresistible.
"Thank you. Ren Baqian waited for the guards behind him to put his luggage in the car, and thanked him.
This guard is also very familiar, he and another guard are usually in front of the gate of Pingle Garden, and he is on duty today.
The guard grinned, bowed towards Ren Baqian and returned to the palace.
"Ren Fucheng!" Tao Jiyuan got down from the carriage to say hello, he didn't look at Ren Baqian carefully in the morning, but at this time he glanced carefully from top to bottom, and didn't see anything special.
However, just now, after Lord Feng went back, he also let himself let everything be arranged by the eight thousand, which surprised him in his heart, and he wanted to know what they said in the palace after he left.
It's a pity that the wind throat is rotten in his stomach, he can't say that he can't understand what Ren Baqian said, right?
Seeing Ren Baqian's determined appearance, as well as those unclear contents, he was also a little shaken, I don't know if this person really understands these things.
At this time, the empress spoke: "Then let's do it first, how it is, we'll see when the time comes." ”
Seeing this, Feng Throat also swallowed a bunch of words that came to his mouth, waiting to see how Ren Baqian's trip to the iron mine was.
"Ren Fucheng, do you want to go?" Fujiki asked as he stepped down from his mount and took a few steps forward.
"There's Captain Lao, let's go!" Ren Baqian said, glancing back at the closed palace gate, turning to get into the car.
The cart pulled by these two cows is not big, about 1.6 meters, and if you want to lie down, you have to stretch your feet outside. There is a fur layer on the floor, and there is a small table next to it where you can put wine or fruit.
However, at this time, the carriages were all wooden wheels, and they were very bumpy, and it was okay to put alcohol or something in the city, and you didn't have to think about it after leaving the city.
Ren Baqianpan sat in the carriage, leaning against the wall, and lifted the curtain to look out.
With the order of Fujiki outside: "Let's go!"
Everyone turned their mounts around, and the ox cart moved slowly.
When he got out of the city, the speed became faster, and Ren Baqian looked at the scenery outside all the way, feeling the tremor of the body, even if a tiny stone was pressed over, he could feel it.
Fortunately, the fur cushion underneath the body really made a big difference.
But even so, after two hours he could not sit still, opened the curtain and squeezed to the coachman, felt the oncoming wind and dust, and after a while returned to the car with a mouthful of dirt.
"Traveling long distances in this world is torture. Ren Baqian sighed deeply and continued to lift the curtain on the window next to him to look out.
There is not much to see in this world, nothing more than mountains and water, and then fields, plus the occasional alarmed animal on the roadside.
At first, it looked a little fresh, but after a long time, it became boring.
He now regrets that he didn't come with an e-book, so he still has a pastime.
At the same time, a thought came to my mind, if I returned to Earth in the carriage, where would I be when I reappeared, or in the carriage, or where I disappeared?
It's going to be five days on the road, and he's really eager to give it a try.
It's a pity that if he disappears, it is estimated that he will be discovered in less than half a day.
All the way to eight o'clock in the evening, Ren Baqian lifted the curtain and asked the coachman, "How long can I rest?"
"Lord Fucheng, there is a village in front of you. The coachman looked familiar and said directly.
Ren Baqian nodded, looking around, it was already dark at this time, and there was nothing to see around, but he could hear the howling of beasts from time to time in the night.
After another half an hour, the speed of the knight in front slowed down, and finally stopped completely, Fujiki reflexively went to Ren Baqian and Tao Jiyuan's car and shouted: "Two adults, the front is the Fallen Leaf Village, wait for a moment to inform the village chief." ”
After a while, a knight in front of him returned, and the team continued to slow down, and Ren Baqian, who had never seen the village of this world, opened the curtain and sat next to the coachman.
The village is not very large, and after standing some distance you can see a wooden fence in front of you, which is supposed to protect against wild beasts. Therefore, although it is a village, it is more like a village.
Ren Baqian guessed that the ancient people used to live in this way when they were on the mountain, and some people still maintained this habit after going down the mountain, and this tradition stayed after a long time.
Ren Baqian asked the coachman, and the truth was exactly what he thought.
If it hadn't been for wild beasts, perhaps in a few decades or even a hundred years, as the village expanded, these wooden fences would have disappeared.
As the team entered the village, the entire appearance of the village was also displayed in front of Ren Baqian.
Most of the buildings are made of wood, and the bottom of the building is supported by wooden piles with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters, about half a meter high, completely to protect against rain and some snakes and insects.
There is a fishy smell in the village, and many of the houses are hung with animal skins and dried wild vegetables, so the smell is very strong.
When they found that an army had entered the village, the people of the village were not afraid at all, and came out of the house and waved to everyone with a smile.
The clothes are mostly animal skins, revealing bronzed skin, and the smile on his face is simple and enthusiastic.
It's just that after seeing Ren Baqian sitting in the car, he looked at it curiously, after all, he was not from the Gu clan at first glance.
"The army of the ancient people has a good relationship with the civilians. Ren Baqian immediately had such a thought in his heart.
The village is almost a circle, and in the middle is a circular clearing, with a lot of stone locks and other things, I think the villagers have nothing to use to polish their bodies.
There was also a wooden shelf next to it with some sticks on it.
From this village, you can see how martial the ancient people are.
The dwellings were built around this circle of open space, divided into two floors, the front and the back, and there were about 100 households, and the whole village could have two or three hundred people.
At this time, every household lights up the oil lamp, some people come out to say hello, and some people lie down the window and look out.
Ren Baqian got out of the car and stretched, it was too torturous to rush this day, and he was finally able to relax at this time.
Tao Jiyuan also jumped down from the car next to him, but he looked much better than Ren Baqian, and he didn't feel tired.
"Two adults, this is the village chief, the largest house is the village chief's house, and the two adults are going to rest at the village chief's house at night. "Fujiki came with an old man.
"I've seen two adults. ”
"I'm tired. "Ren Baqian arched his hand.
Tao Jiyuan nodded.
After staying at the village chief's house for a night, Ren Baqian endured the buzzing of mosquitoes all night, and the next morning he yawned and went straight into the carriage, swearing in his heart that he would rather live in the carriage next time, and I don't know if it was the animal skins that were dried outside, there were so many mosquitoes, and they only bit themselves.
At least he asked Tao Jiyuan in the morning, and he didn't get bitten by mosquitoes much. Even these mosquitoes know how to bully the soft and fear the hard.
and Tao Jiyuan's snoring not far away last night also made him deeply affected.