Three hundred and sixtieth eight chapters galloping road (8)
In addition to Ai Xue, Danica's trip also had a small team, with a total of five guards following him. This scale is not very large for a mission team, but this time it was not the Druid Sect of the Gemini Kingdom, but Danica went to visit an old friend.
Danica sat in the carriage and closed her eyes to rest. The carriage on the rugged dirt road felt like it was shaking. The shaking was not violent, but it felt quite comfortable. However, Danica could feel the obvious shaking of the carriage she was sitting in. It seemed that this road really should be repaired.
In the corner of the carriage, Ai Xue was curled up there and sleeping soundly.
In order to meet the victims, she was almost busy recently. She didn't sleep at all in the two days before she left. She had been in her last eighty hours before she arranged the work she needed to do. When she got on the carriage, she could still sit at first, and chatted with Danica from time to time, but slowly she fell down and fell asleep.
The speed of the carriage was not very fast. It would probably take five or six days to reach the Druid Sect. Danica didn't seem to be in a hurry to see Tyran immediately. She still had some things to think about.
Just as Danica closed her eyes and rested, she felt the carriage stop. The guard maid sitting in the coachman's position reported through the car door: "Master, there is a trap in front of us. We probably encountered bandits." The trap was arranged quite exquisitely, but the guards who went to explore the way had undergone professional training in this area, and you can see it with a little attention.
Danica said lightly: "Well, I know, I'll deal with it." The five she brought this time were the leaders of the Guards, and they have all been promoted to third-level professionals. There will be no problem dealing with some bandits, road bullies, etc.
Soon, Danica heard the sound of fighting outside. Soon, there was a report from the Guards: "Master, there is a werewolf opposite."
Werewolf Danica opened her eyes. The north of the Gemini Kingdom is the territory of the Beast Clan, and among the Beast Clan, the Wolf Clan is not very friendly to her emerging country. When she traveled through the prairie, she accidentally killed the most important person of the younger generation of the Wolf Clan. According to Danica's understanding of Beast Clan politics, the Wolf Clan is a staunch supporter of the Beast King faction, but...
"It's been a few years. Lucia and the others have not solved the Beast King faction?" Danica muttered. In the Battle of Kenster three years ago, the Beast King prince, Willus Roar, was seriously injured and had lost the capital to continue to be active on the political stage. The Shaman faction can be said to have won a great victory. Lucia, who made key contributions in the process, has officially become a representative figure of the new generation of the Shaman faction. However, this happened three years ago. After so long, the Beast King faction seems to be still struggling.
"Did you solve it?" Danica asked.
The guard maid said nervously: "We killed three of them, but the other werewolfs ran away when they saw that the situation was not good."
The mission was not perfect, but the impact was not great. Danica walked off the carriage and said, "Take me to see the three bodies."
The road that Danica is now walking is woodland, and the werewolfs are ambushing in the woodland on the right, and the bodies are also left there. Under the leadership of the guard maid, Danica enters the sparse woodland, and the three bodies are placed on a small open space.
"It seems they are not doing well!" Danica muttered softly. The werewolfs wore ragged leather armor, and they looked like they had escaped from the famine, and the scimitars they used were also rusted.
"How strong are they?" Danica asked.
The guard maid replied: "They have the second-level combat power, and one of the escaped ones should have the third-level strength."
Danica nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry about them, keep moving forward." After that, she returned to the carriage.
Danica probably has to take back what she thought just now. Professionals, even low-level professionals, are also an important asset of a force. They can force those second-level and third-level werewolf warriors like refugees who fled to flee. It seems that Lucya's methods are still good.
However, it would be a huge mistake to drive these dangerous guys to his side. Danica closed her eyes again and continued to rest as she was restless. There was still a large plain area to the north of the Twin Cities, but it was occupied by the beasts. If she could get that land...
The ambush attack by werewolf was just an episode. Danica's journey was relatively smooth and she never used any trouble. Of course, it was not that the central region, which is known for its chaos, became a peaceful place, but because of the emblem on the carriage. The carriage made by Danica did not belong to the royal family, but was prepared by the Aishue Chamber of Commerce. Compared with the Gemini royal family and even compared with the Gemini itself, the Aishue Chamber of Commerce has a more famous reputation in the central region. Almost everyone has heard of it, and they also know that the power that this huge chamber of commerce can launch is very powerful, and it can even mobilize a powerful army - Aishue Chamber of Commerce itself does not have an army, but if it encounters troubles that cannot be solved, Aishue will ask Catherine for help.
Seeing the sign of the Aishue Chamber of Commerce on the carriage, most bandits would not choose to take action. In addition, this is obviously not a freight carriage, and even those bold guys would not consider taking action - even if they did, they would not be able to grab anything! Did they kidnap the guys in the carriage? That would never cost a ransom, and they could only attract an army.
On the evening of the fifth day, the carriage finally passed through the hilly areas with complex terrain and entered the territory of the Druid Sect.
"I finally got out." Danica breathed a sigh of relief. This was the first time she went directly from Twin Cities to the Druid Sect. The road to the hilly areas was too difficult to walk.
After a few days of rest, Ai Xue's spirit also recovered. She sat opposite Danica and said with a smile: "This road is indeed not easy to walk, but fortunately it's not long, so I'll survive it after just a while."
Danica frowned slightly and said, "People can walk over, but what about shipping bulk goods?"
Ai Xue said a little embarrassedly: "It's the same way I walked over!"
Danica has never followed the caravans. In fact, the caravans in the entire Katic continent are like this. The roads in the hilly areas are really difficult to walk. So what should I do if there are mountains and ridges like the Northwest Mountains? A few years ago, the human race and the beast race had conflicts and frictions, and many trade routes were cut off. A lot of caravans crossed the Northwest Mountains to do business with the beast race? I wonder how many merchants fell to death on the winding mountain road. Ai Xue had followed such a caravan once. The place where she could settle was only half a meter wide, with a mountain wall on one side and a cliff hundreds of meters deep on the other side, horse-drawn carriages, and even a unicycle. The fur bought from the beast race could only be carried by people. At that time, Ai Xue also carried dozens of kilograms of fur. That time, she was lucky. Only one guy fell down. The transaction was considered to be a loss and he made a lot of money.
Because of this experience, Ai Xue does not really understand Danica's persistent construction of Chidao. Of course, it is indeed very convenient to do business after the construction of Chidao, which is beneficial to Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce. However, considering the interests of the entire kingdom, does Chidao take up too much resources? In the plan formulated by Danica, the construction of Chidao is on par with the construction of the military. In order to build Chidao, Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce bears debts of hundreds of millions of gold coins, including the Elves and the Druids. This time, Danica seems to have planned to buy a batch of food on credit first, and the debt will increase again.
Although she was confused, the decision-making power of this policy was not in Ai Xue's hands, and she didn't even dare to raise any objections. The entire Gemini Kingdom must comply with Danica's will.
There are actually only a few commercial routes that can be connected to the Druid Sect in the Gemini Kingdom or the central region. The one they take is the main commercial route, so on the Druid Sect, there is a bustling town at the end of the commercial route. Caravans who come to do business with the Druid Sect will gather here after passing through the hilly areas.
The Aishi Chamber of Commerce and the Druid Sect have close trade deals, so the Aishi Chamber of Commerce also has a real estate in this small town called Rees, which serves as a permanent service point. In the plan, they will rest at this service point for one night and go to find Taylan tomorrow.
However, after the carriage drove into Rees town, Danica stopped. Looking at Tyran standing on the roadside, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Long time no see!"
Taylan also waved at her and said, "Danika, long time no see."
Danica said to Aishi, "Tail and I'll talk to you." They refer to the small guards who followed him.
Ai Xue lowered her head and said, "Yes, master." Danica's safety actually doesn't require them to consider. They are all third-level professions, and Danica herself has the strength of the fourth-level. The main function of the guards to follow her is to act as a maid.
After jumping out of the carriage, Danica walked towards Tyran, hugged her and said emotionally: "I miss you so much."
But Tyran didn't seem to have received the favor. She said, "Don't, don't say that. After you said that last time, you just left 50 million gold coins of various food from me."
Danica let go of her hand and said, "Didn't I write an IOU?"
Tyran said without hesitation: "Are you going to pay it back?"
Danica called out and said, "Okay, okay, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Don't say these disappointing words. This is the first time I have come to this town. Don't you take me around?"
"I really can't do anything to you." Taylan muttered, "Okay, I'll take you around. This town is quite interesting, but it's not as prosperous as your Twin Cities."
Danica looked around and said, "I think there are quite a lot of people here!"
Tyran said: "That's because it's too small."
The area of Reis Town is indeed not large, less than a quarter of the inner city of Twins, and it is indeed a veritable town. However, as the most important foreign trade port of the Druids, it has a noisy commercial atmosphere like Twins.
The center of Rees Town is a huge grain trading distribution center, where all kinds of crops will be sold. As the most important place in Rees Town, Tyran took Danica here to take a look.
It was a single-story hall. Looking at the crowds of people inside, everyone was screaming, and the words were too low to hear.
Danica told Tyran: "This is very similar to the futures market in the southern coastal areas."
"It's not very similar, it's a futures market."
Danica glanced at Tyran and said, "I didn't expect that you still have this economic mind." Futures is a very advanced business behavior. Danica has only seen it in big cities along the southern coastal areas, but she didn't expect that there would be such an important grain futures market in this small town.
Taylan gave Danica a blank look and said, "If I know how to do business, will you be cheated? This futures market was built by Ai Xue. And although it is quite lively here, a considerable part of the grain has been bought by Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce before it was sold on the market."
Danica smiled and said, "Isn't it the same for anyone to sell? There is nothing wrong with supporting my friends. Okay, I think I've seen enough. It's too messy here. Let's talk in a different place." Danica was not used to such a lively environment. The two stood at the door and looked for a while, then turned around and left.
Walking on the way to the town of Rees, Danica sighed: "The living environment of your Druids is much better than that of my Gemini Kingdom. Not only is there no war, but it also produces the most precious food in the world."
Taylan said: "Why are there no war? We have been fighting with the beasts one after another these days." There is a large area to the west of the Druid Sect that borders the beasts. The relationship between the two sides has never been very harmonious. After the nomadic beasts encountered a famine, they always thought of plundering some food from the wealthy Druid Sect. The friction between the two sides has always been, but this time it is a little different.
"It's spring now, why are the beasts coming here?" Danica frowned slightly and said. For farming areas, spring is the most likely time to encounter famine, but for nomadic beasts, winter is the most difficult.
"It's not because of food." Tyran shook his head and said with some distress, "This conflict was caused by the political changes of the beasts."
"What's going on?" asked Danica, "I saw some beasts wandering to the north of the Gemini Kingdom. Is there something wrong with the beasts?"
Taylan shook his head and said, "Nothing went wrong. On the contrary, this is a normal fluctuation of the beast clan. You know, the defeat of Virus three years ago made the Beast King faction lose the qualification to compete for the highest power of the beast clan. Now, the storm brewing three years ago has finally appeared."
Chapter completed!