Power and Empire Chapter 85: June is like a fire (4)
Fatty and a group of more than ten people, riding on a tall Supor war horse (Smuggled by the Lida family from Swadian), although there is no armor on his body,
But the special long saber on the waist and the sturdy guards behind Fatty show that Fatty is not a good group of people.
The caravans passing by the mountain road try their best to avoid Fatty’s unknown cavalry, and occasionally some caravans that dare to pass by the Fatty Horses are also large caravans guarded by dozens of mercenaries. I'm afraid of a dozen people in this area
It took more than two hours to depart from Zhiwading to the southern end of Sambuga Hill.
Fatty is quite satisfied with this speed of travel,
"If you want to be rich, build roads first!"
, this very loud slogan in later generations actually implies a deep truth,
The numerous and unobstructed roads are the blood of a region, and the blood circulation is not smooth. This region is destined to fail to prosper. If your region wants to develop, it is inevitable to build a road connecting the four counties
The wide road not only attracts a large number of caravans, but also connects Samor, Zivadin, and Djerbo into a smooth triangle
Light infantry stationed at Samor Fortress, cavalry stationed at Zivadin, and heavy infantry stationed at Djerbo,
The three regions are like an inverted triangle, with roads extending in all directions and abundant material storage in the commercial city of Riwading as the center, connecting the other two places.
As long as there is an enemy on either side, reinforcements and various materials from the other two sides will come in half a day. This is the iron triangle defense system that Fatty envisioned
This time I went to the Jerp area, the fat man was not only for the alchemist to ignite the fire, another important reason is to visit the Sambuga Mountain Road, the lifeblood of the iron triangle.
Time is becoming more and more pressing, even the slightest slackness may bury hidden dangers for the future
The sun has risen high into the sky. The hot June noon made the fat man sweat and his clothes were soaked, so he had to find a cool place to rest first and wait until the hot noon to continue on his way.
Fatty and others were at the fork in the road between Jerbok and Zivadin and Samor. They found a lush and tall tree to sit down. The dense and broad canopy of the tree covered more than ten meters of surrounding area, forming a large enough area. More than ten people rest in the shade,
Seeing this group of unidentified people squatting on the side of the road, the passing caravan became more cautious. The horse slowed down and passed cautiously. A pair of vigilant eyes stared at the fat man, because this guy was obviously this. Helper's head,
The others are just standing in the shade, looking carefully at the carriages and horses passing by,
is only him, unscrupulously unbuttoning his shirt, revealing a white belly, sitting in the shade of a tree and fanning in the wind, obviously looking like a country rich man
If not everyone knows, the bandits and robbers who ate on this mountain road were completely beaten by the Samurai recruits who came out for actual combat training. They turned around and fled a long time ago.
Accidents always happen in unexpected places,
In the afternoon, the sun began to weaken. The fat man just took a nap and stood up, patted the weeds on his butt, and more than a dozen guards around were all putting their saddles on their horsebacks.
"Ga"
The three gorgeous carriages suddenly stopped in front of the fat man. The front one stopped in a hurry. The two horses in front almost wiped past the fat man.
The carriage stopped abruptly and brought a gust of wind to startle the fat man who was resting. Several guards ran over and blocked the fat man with their bodies, holding the handle of the knife in their palms.
"Hey! You mountain people, do you know where Riwadin City is going?"
There was no movement on the first carriage, and there was no apology for almost hitting someone just now.
Then the curtain of the second carriage was opened, revealing a pretty face of an arrogant girl, wearing a white lace cap worn by an aristocratic maid, and looking at the fat man and others with disgust in his eyes
For the recklessness of almost hitting someone just now, the girl did not express the slightest apology. Instead, her eyebrows curled slightly and her mouth was slightly frowned. It seemed to be a torture to look more at these people like Fatty.
"Shanmin?"
The fat man was stunned by the girl’s shouting, and he touched his white belly with his right hand in dissatisfaction, feeling too worthless,
Although I was stained with a lot of ash on the road, it should be different from ordinary mountain people. Who has seen mountain people riding precious Supor horses and wearing steel sabers?
I should be a mountain man with the least respectable appearance of the car bandit and road fighter leader. Being called the mountain man directly, it hurts the self-esteem of the fat man too
The fat man who likes yin people rolled his eyes, instead of showing dissatisfaction on his face, he responded with a look of honor.
"Rivadin City, the young one just came from there. For the road to Rivadin, the young one can touch it with his eyes closed, but..."
The fat man didn’t continue to say, he showed expectation, his eyes looked at the girl’s face with a dark look,
The white hat girl was flushed by the fat man, and scolded the fat man indignantly
"What do you mountain people want to do! We are your lord’s distinguished guests in Riva Chaze, the **** fat Satsuma who sees us to be polite, and it’s an honor for you untouchables to ask you the way. ! No matter how squeaky, I will have your head beheaded immediately!"
The fat guy pretended to be startled by the girl’s threat, touched his neck with worry, and said with a smirk
"You are going to cut off our heads, so we dare not say! As for the city of Zhivadin, you can look for it slowly. This Sambuga hills is said to have 999 forks, and the one who committed suicide The Marquis of Issa committed suicide because he walked into a fork in the road and couldn’t get out of the mountain. There are many of you, you should be able to find the way if you turn around. It will be there in ten and a half months. Don’t be in a hurry, you should come to Sambuga "
"You, you..."
The white hat girl was so fat that she couldn't speak, her eyes were angry and almost burst into flames. At this time, a soft female voice sounded from behind the white hat girl,
"Tiliani, stop messing around! It's delayed the big business of Miss! Miss Careful will punish you again"
showed an elegant face next to the arrogant girl, the fat man who looked at it moved in his heart,
A girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a maid’s white lace hat on her head, her long and soft black hair draped over her round and white shoulders, a pair of watery eyes seems to be able to take away the human soul, from A white and elegant hand stretched out from the car, holding a dazzling gold coin in his hand
"Good people, I apologize for Tiliani’s rudeness just now, I hope you can tell us the way to Riwading~IndoMTL.com~This gold coin is just my apology!"
"Well, this is almost the same! Since I am so sincere, I will accept your apology"
The fat man wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his right hand, smiled and took the gold coin, took the opportunity to touch the white incense hand, very soft and soft, the scared girl retracted her hand in horror, unexpectedly This silly fat guy can even squeeze oil
"Go straight along this mountain road to reach Riwading City!"
Fatty pointed at the wide gravel road behind him with a smirk,
The two girls did not expect the answer to be so simple, especially the arrogant girl who almost fainted out of breath. As the maid of the noble Marquise of Nissa, there was the idleness of these mountain residents.
stretched out a Bai Shengsheng finger, pointed at the fat man’s nose and cursed
"It's that simple, you dare to ask for a gold coin to ask for travel expenses!"
The fat man sighed against the gold coin in his hand, and put it in his jacket pocket comfortably, with a smirk on his face
"Why don't you dare to ask for my own labor income? It doesn't matter if you are willing to take a few more rounds in the mountains. The scenery of the Sambuga hills in June is very good!"
Lidakus asked incomprehensibly as the wagon going away turned into the fork on the right.
"My lord, the fork in the road seems to go to Satsuma, and the one on the left is going to Riwading. Did you forget the way you came so quickly?"
"Rivadin? Did they say they are going to Rivadin? I heard that it was Satsuma!"
The fat man glanced at Lidakus with a playful look, and he looked at Lidakus with a chill all over the body
"I have long heard that the fat Satsuma has a small measure like the eye of a needle, but now it seems that this is not an empty rumor!"