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Chapter 9 Caravans

Stephen Zhou first changed a set of clothes and then scrambled into the tavern to inquire about information.

Under normal circumstances, taverns are a good place for Aboriginal people to brag about and show off. Here you can hear all kinds of drunks bragging about their glorious past experiences. One day gave Stephen Week a lot of useful news, but due to the vision of Aboriginal people, most of the intelligence is limited to the northern region. This planet is very similar to Saturn. The size of Saturn is more than 700 times that of its standard. At present, the largest distance learned from the Aboriginal people is only the Wind Valley in the South. It takes about a month to travel. I am afraid that the maximum area is not half of the Middle Earth.

If marked with a light-up map, the area of ​​activity of smart creatures that are known at present is only small dusty dots on this planet.

Stephen Zhou was a little disappointed by the exploration area of ​​indigenous civilizations, but considering the level of current civilization, it would take a long time to fully explore such a large planet even if it was used to scan the floating city.

As a legendary alchemist, Stephen Zhou is [Eternal Life]. Although immortality does not mean immortality, he still has a lot of things to squander in time. The alchemist's pursuit of life is immortality, but it is easy to pursue immortality, but it is difficult to live immortality.

As for the immortality of souls, it is the ultimate mystery of alchemy!

The ale for sale in the tavern is not only low in alcohol content, no fragrance, rough in taste, turbid in taste, but also a sour taste. But even such wine is a rare enjoyment for the indigenous people, and most town residents can satisfy them just by ordering a cup. This is almost difficult for Stephen Zhou, who is used to top wine brewing. Food is the simplest cooking method, without pepper, MSG, soy sauce, honey, butter and other seasonings. Just cook and grill and touch salt. Sugar belongs to a luxury item, and spices are extremely expensive.

After a brief observation, Stephen Zhou quickly locked in his target.

He was a middle-aged man with a bearded man, a man of the southern border, a tall and burly man, a weapon with a heavy sword with both hands, a merchant and a warrior, selling medicinal materials, fur and metals between the southern border and Linfeng City.

He was the leader of a caravan, with fifteen guards, six guys, five camel beasts, three carriages, and a daughter.

The caravan is about to go to Linfeng City to deliver goods. The goods are spices, crafts and cloth from the southern border. The daughter is the headmaster of the caravan. The guards include seven people from the southern border, three highlanders, two dwarves, two and a half-elves and one sub-dragon man. All the people from the southern border are obviously more savvy by the Normans. After initially contacting the intelligent race of this world, Stephen Zhou became more and more sure that this planet had encountered interstellar colonization. Foreign races introduced many races, animals, and plants from other worlds, and they had a change when they intersected with local organisms. Civilization had shown signs of serious regression, but the specific reason was still unknown.

Stephen called in to signal the maid with heavy makeup in the tavern to come over, then took out a few silver coins and stuffed them into the other person's chest and whispered a few times.

Soon the barmaid smiled and brought a plate, put glasses of ale in front of the merchants. She smiled and pointed to Stephen Zhou's position and said, "That guest invites you!"

For a moment, many eyes were cast.

The middle-aged man in charge frowned slightly, gave a wink to the person next to him, and then sat directly in front of Stephen Zhou with a glass of ale. The people from the southern border were nearly two meters taller than Stephen Zhou even if they sat down. He put the ale heavily down and said, "Eden, the president of the Maple Leaf Chamber of Commerce. Why did he suddenly invite us to have a drink?"

After saying that, he couldn't help but look up and down Stephen Zhou.

After a simple cleaning, Stephen Zhou finally didn't look like a savage. Eden focused on his palms, without any calluses, he looked fair and slender, and he seemed to have never received any combat training or hard work. His skin was as delicate as a woman. This was a long time to be pampered and elegant to make a man so delicate. Such a person was generally very good in birth, either aristocratic children or a wealthy businessman, but the people in the north were strong and strong, unless they were aristocratic girls, they would develop him like this, otherwise even aristocratic children would have calluses after training.

The danger is very low.

Eden judged Stephen Zhou's height and body shape, and immediately reduced his danger to below civilians. Such a "small man" could easily knock down his caravan, and the other party didn't even carry weapons.

"Stephen Week."

He looked at the burly man in front of him and smiled, "A wandering minstrel. I heard that you are going to Linfeng City. The road has not been very peaceful recently. I want to take a ride along the way."

"Of course, I'll pay it."

A minstrel?

It turns out that young people were born to nobles, and only they would be so bored.

In order to make myself more convincing, Stephen Zhou stood up and smiled, "If I encounter a robber on the road, I am worried that I can't handle it alone. So I hope you can send me to Linfeng City by the way, and I will leave by myself when I get there."

Hiking is a common occurrence in caravans.

There may be many dangers in the wild. Whether it is urban residents or travelers, they will take a ride after leaving their residence, visiting relatives and friends to transport goods and gifts, and the small caravans will occasionally earn some extra money. They usually bring their own dry food and follow the caravans to advance. They usually have one or two silver coins, and the charges will be higher if they are required. The maple leaf caravans follow a group of single-sponsored travelers, including those in the south and those in the north. The charges are high. The charges are low when joining the north halfway. Basically, caravans with guards may encounter travelers when they stay. Occasionally, there are urban residents on the road who want to go to other places for something, and they basically go together or follow the caravans. It takes courage and strength to move alone in the wild.

"Twelve silver coins. Gather at the South Gate in the morning."

After confirming that Stephen Zhou was not in danger, Eden smiled and raised his glass to touch him, then returned to his seat. Seeing him back, other caravan guards raised their glasses and signaled to Stephen Zhou, and then took a sip and blew up their cowhides. If Eden had not reached an agreement with Stephen Zhou, they would not have drunk this glass of wine. These caravan guards were experienced veterans.

Twelve silver coins can improve the food for a caravan to guard for a week.

Eden saw Stephen Zhou as if he was a rich man, and he was quoted as the highest price for a guard.

After the negotiation, Stephen Zhou found a hotel to rest for one night. The wooden house, the bedding was dirty, the bowl was made of pottery, the bed was covered with dry grass, and there were small flea-like insects inside. This was a single room treatment. There were snoring everywhere at night, and occasionally you could hear the escort calling from cheap orioles.

This was Stephen Zhou's first day in the Indigenous Civilization.

The next morning he arrived near the South Gate. Many people had gathered here, including three or five small merchants who were preparing to sell furs in Linfeng City, a town residents who went to visit relatives, and a team of travelers who came along to prepare to sell goods. The team had 50 or 60 people, six or seven camel beasts, five carriages, and several other animals carrying goods. The air was filled with the smell of feces.

The person responsible for collecting the money was Eden's daughter, a young woman in a veil.

The cold wind in the north is like a knife. The caravans do not wash their faces regardless of whether they go out for business, so they look dirty, but this can also protect the skin of the face, otherwise they will easily become dry, cracked and frostbite.

The team took a while to set off. Eden's daughter collected the money and ran to count the goods. They would purchase some medicinal materials to sell to Linfeng City. The caravan had to support the guards of more than ten, and the profits were accumulated bit by bit. The others followed the team and before departure Eden came to Stephen Zhou and shouted: "There is a camel beast over there and is still empty. If you feel tired of walking, you can go up and sit for a while."

No one else can enjoy this kind of treatment.

Camel beast is a large animal, a mixed-race species of earth-moving dragons, and is an omnivorous species. It has hump, horns, thick limbs, and a rhino on its head. It has a gentle temperament after being domesticated. In order to ensure the physical strength and endurance of camel beasts, the caravans fed three points of forage, five points of grain and two points of meat when traveling.

This guy tastes the same as a war horse.

The most important member of the caravan is these camel beasts, and only they can travel long distances to transport large quantities of goods, and they are specially equipped with veterinarians and mates to take care of.

The vast group of people are not slow to move forward. The endurance of the race in this world is very good, with thick feet and thick, and you don’t have to rest when walking dozens of miles. The strong Normans can still follow them with dozens of kilograms of fur. The caravan guards have horses but don’t ride much, and they spend half of their time leading them, perhaps to save horsepower, and occasionally there are muddy places on the road and use horses to pull them over.

I took a half hour off at noon.

Seeing that Stephen Zhou had no greetings, Eden's daughter called him over to eat. The food was a hodgepodge set up in a pot. The caravan guards had two cents of meat in one pot, and the caravan guys had only a little jerky in one pot, and the others basically brought their own dry food.

As the leader of the caravan Eden and his guards ate with him, his daughter also sat next to him and ate in small bites. Although she was from the Southern Kingdom, she was close to 1.85 meters tall, with big amber eyes. She would occasionally peek at Stephen Monday, but after comparing his height, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Although this poet looks handsome and handsome, he is too small and a little thin.

The caravan guards basically didn't talk much, and the one who was nagging the most was the sub-dragon man. He had green skin, lizard head, dark red eyes, and sharp teeth. He was a descendant of the sub-dragon man who had been reproduced for many generations. He basically had no ability to inherit, but he was very strong and had a high resistance to toxins.

Basically, unless you awaken and become a dragon vein warlock, there will be so many talents in the sub-dragon species.

Most of the sub-dragons in this world have reproduced for many generations, and some have been mixed with the lizard man. Only the nobles in Dragon City still retain the bloodline of the half-dragon man. These nobles basically do not intermarry with the outside world.
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