Chapter 467: Falling short
The caravan trekked through the desert for more than ten days before reaching the true territory of the Russian Empire.
Lingshan Ridge.
Lingshan Ridge is not a spiritual mountain, it just has such a nice name, perhaps, the person who first came up with this name had a beautiful hope in his heart, hoping that this place of poor mountains and bad waters could be as full of aura as the rich territory of the Great Qin Empire.
Lingshan Ridge is a mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, and it is the main culprit in the formation of the Orr Desert, because it is precisely because of this steep mountain range that blocks the moist air of the ocean, making the desert more and more arid.
The side of the Lingshan Ridge near the sea is lush with vegetation, but the side near the Orr Desert is barren and desolate.
The strength of the Russian Empire is weak, if it were not for the Orr Desert, the Russian Empire would have been annexed by the powerful Great Qin Empire, for the Orian people, the desolate and dangerous Orr Desert is the natural barrier of the Orr Empire, this barrier, has protected the Orns for thousands of years.
In the Zhanyun Continent, the Great Qin Empire is the most powerful country, in thousands of years, the Great Qin Empire has more than fifty large and small countries around it, in the years of conquest, some rich countries adjacent to the Great Qin Empire have been annexed by the Great Qin Empire one by one, and some of the surviving countries are nothing more than two reasons.
One of them is like a stabbing slave, the people are fierce, the whole people are soldiers, and the transportation is inconvenient, the Great Qin Empire is temporarily unable to annex it.
The other is a country like the Russian Empire, which has a harsh environment and is protected by natural barriers.
To cross the desert of nearly two thousand miles, this is a bit more than worth the loss for the Great Qin Empire.
It is conceivable that if the Russian Empire had not had the desert as a barrier, it would have perished long ago.
After killing the thousand-year-old demon wolf and Li Hao with a trick, during this time, Zhao Yuan deliberately greeted a group of women, but unfortunately, without Li Hao, this group of women became noble and cold, without their previous closeness, as if they had become high and domineering overnight.
Between the words and demeanors, a group of women revealed a clear sense of superiority, and they even disdained to chat with a group of porters.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Yuan could only sigh, all his efforts were in vain because of Li Hao's death.
Of course, Zhao Yuan did not regret it, for Zhao Yuan, Li Hao was a powerful enemy, and to deal with this kind of enemy, as long as he found an opportunity, he had to take the opportunity to kill him, otherwise, he would only have endless troubles.
According to the thousand-year-old demon wolf, there are twelve Dharma protectors on that immortal island, and Li Hao is one of them.
According to Zhao Yuan's idea, kill one less one. As for the treacherous thousand-year-old demon wolf, Zhao Yuan did not have the slightest guilt, in Zhao Yuan's view, the thousand-year-old demon wolf was just a chess piece, and the death of the chess piece would not have any emotional burden on the chess player, not to mention, the wolf demon was in front of breaking the contract.
Now, Zhao Yuan's plan is back to square one.
Slave ship!
Only by mixing with the slave ship can it be possible to land on the Penglai Immortal Island.
Starting from Jiepai County to Wangcheng, the imperial capital of the Russian Empire, Zhao Yuan spent a total of thirty-two days.
On the thirty-second day, the caravan reached the city of Wang.
After receiving the salary, he left contact information with a group of porters and the boss, Zhao Yuan refused the boss's retention, and left the market where the Daqin people gathered under the pretext of playing.
In Wangcheng, there is a huge market, in the market, more than half of the people are doing business with the Great Qin Empire, dealing in the in-demand goods of the Great Qin Empire, the business is very hot, it is the largest free market in the Russian Empire. Normally, porters and merchants from the Great Qin Empire would only stay in the market for two days and then purchase some high-value-added goods of the Orr ethnic group back to the Great Qin Empire......
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Zhao Yuan didn't look around for news, he directly targeted a group of women, he believed that a group of women would definitely go to Penglai Immortal Island, as long as they went back, they would definitely come into contact with the people on the island.
The lockdown range of Zhao Yuan's "Quiet" realm is getting larger and larger, which is enough to monitor the every move of a group of ordinary women.
Zhao Yuan found that a group of women went directly to a magnificent and towering mansion.
Through the hall, it turned out that the owner of this mansion was actually a grain official of the Russian Empire, mainly supervising the grain reserves of the Orr people, and his position was not very high, but his power was terrifying.
After figuring out the background of the owner of the mansion, Zhao Yuan blended in with a group of Orr coolies, who spent most of their time squatting in a bustling place, where it is said that people from the government often came to carry food.
In Wangcheng, the number of coolies is extremely large, and in addition to the Orr people, there are many wanderers who come here to forage for food. According to the coolies, the biggest advantage here is that the wages are settled every day, which is the best choice for some people who have temporary difficulties, working here for a few days, and because of this unique environment, this place has a great mobility of people, people leave every day, and new faces appear every day.
Sure enough, at noon that day, a shrewd-looking middle-aged man came, and a group of coolies flocked up.
The middle-aged man didn't say much, casually clicked on some strong people, and then left with a group of people.
The sturdy Zhao Yuan was fortunate to be chosen.
The careful Zhao Yuan found that among the more than 50 people selected, about half of them were Orers, and most of the others were people from other countries, with all kinds of skin colors.
The group was taken to a granary to carry grain.
Zhao Yuan did this job for two days.
In the past two days, Zhao Yuan found that intentionally or unintentionally, someone would ask about their identity and background, and the target of the inquiry was obviously a foreigner like him.
On the third day, Zhao Yuan and more than 20 outsiders pulled out to the dock dozens of miles away to load and unload goods, in addition to food, the goods were some daily necessities.
After just one day's observation, Zhao Yuan determined that this was the legendary slave ship.
Zhao Yuan waited quietly, and everything was developing according to his expectations.
Tomorrow, it's time to set sail.
The day before setting sail, Zhao Yuan and a group of people were arranged to carry goods to the cargo ship, and after getting on the ship, they entered the cabin, which was filled with an intoxicating fragrance, and dozens of coolies suddenly fainted, and Zhao Yuan also pretended to faint, and then, a group of big men came in and put heavy shackles and handcuffs on them.
When the coolies woke up, the cargo ship was already sailing on the endless sea.
From beginning to end, Zhao Yuan remained awake, and when the cargo ship began to sail, Zhao Yuan began to search for the cargo ship in the "quiet" realm.
It was a huge cargo ship, nearly thirty feet long, loaded with all kinds of supplies, and in some cabins, about sixty able-bodied coolies were imprisoned.
Except for a few imprisoned coolies, the crew of the cargo ship was about thirty or so.
Not good!
In the search, Zhao Yuan felt a familiar aura.
It was the dozen or so women who followed Li Hao.
Zhao Yuan secretly complained to himself, he didn't expect to be on the same cargo ship with a group of women, which disrupted his plans.
If he is seen by a group of women, his identity will inevitably be exposed, because a group of women think that with his ability, he will never be captured. Even if the women believed that he was drugged and captured, they would have focused on guarding against him, after all, the women had seen him fight the wolves.
While worrying about a group of women, Zhao Yuan was worried that there were masters like Li Hao on this cargo ship.
Through the search, Zhao Yuan did not find a powerful character, and it was precisely because he did not find it that Zhao Yuan was worried, because only a real master could avoid his search.
At this point, Zhao Yuan had no other choice but to pray to God and Buddha not to be discovered by that group of women.
According to common sense, a group of arrogant women would definitely not come to the dirty and messy slave cabin, so it means that the chance of Zhao Yuan being found is actually not very large.
It's a pity that Zhao Yuan's wishful thinking failed.
The next night, a group of women checked along the cabin, and when they opened the hatch and saw Zhao Yuan, their faces were stunned.
"It's you!" Lili frowned and looked at Zhao Yuan, who was in shackles and handcuffs.
"Lili save me. Zhao Yuan pretended to be overjoyed and shouted for help.
"Why are you here?" Lili glanced at the surrounding big men, and immediately, a group of big men pressed towards Zhao Yuan, and the bright steel knife was on Zhao Yuan's neck.