The Sacred Ding Chapter 282: Living
"This person doesn't know what's good or bad. He has to sneak into the lake to play. Let's wait for the beast to devour him. Taking away the property he left behind is not considered a looting. Isn't it happy? Miao Xiong, you What do you want to remind this guy?" The white-faced young man next to the guy with the beard was looking forward to what happened to Chen Hai, and blamed the guy with the beard that he shouldn't remind Chen Hai.
This person thought he lowered his voice, but didn't want Chen Hai to hear the ants chirping within a hundred meters, even if the wind was surging here, he smiled in his heart, the same rice raises a hundred people, the man with beard looks rude In the end, it is good intentions, but the white-faced youth hopes that others will encounter natural disasters, and he is a good fisherman.
"We are all struggling in the world, and being able to meet is fate. How can you have such a mind, Brother He?" The man with a beard scolded his companion unhappy.
The white-faced young man was reprimanded by the man with a beard, and his face was a little uncontrollable, and said angrily: "Is this guy looking for his own death. What is it that disturbed me? I was just a joke. Can you take it seriously as Miao Xiong?" /
The other young man is a peacemaker. He persuaded the white-faced young man and the man with beard to say a few words, and finally climbed to Lukai Gorge. They couldn't be upset for unrelated outsiders.
Chen Hai just smiled in his heart, and slowly dived into the bottom of the lake next to the rocky shore, but he didn't count as he dived into the bottom of the lake. There really must be a gold-tempered placer at the bottom of the lake, and it will inevitably settle in the deep sand. under.
At this time, Chen Hai smashed his whole body's true essence mana, and bursts of light golden divine brilliance appeared on his body, and his body resembled a light golden ribbed shuttle, so he dived into the mud of the lake.
There is no special mystery in this method of earth escape. Almost everyone can practice the profound cultivation in the spiritual realm, but compared to the method of keeping the wind and water, drilling into the soil or even the rock layer consumes real mana It is much larger, and the movement is much larger. Fortunately, the lake is hundreds of meters deep, and the waves are turbulent. People standing by the lake can't detect the movement at the bottom of the lake.
No one knows that Tianxuan Lake has existed for six to seven thousand years, and how thick sediments have accumulated in this lake. Chen Hai used the soil to squeeze into the sand and mud to a depth of nearly 400 meters, although The gravel layer is getting denser and thicker, but there is still some distance from the real bottom rock formation.
Chen Hai did not continue to drill deeper. When he drilled to a depth of almost 300 meters, he was able to confirm that the gold-tempered placer content in the lake mud had smelting value. He has now reached 400 meters in the lake mud. The depth of the meter is not to the end, which means that this Tianxuan Lake has at least deposited a layer of quenched gold placer deposits nearly 100 meters thick.
Although the area of Tianxuan Lake is much smaller than that of Juquan Ridge, it is worthy of being occupied by the elite guards.
Chen Hai emerged from the water, and the sky was dark, but the three young people were still lighting a bonfire by the lake and were drinking on the ground. They did not expect Chen Hai to dive in this lake for so long, thinking that Chen Hai was from the bottom of the lake. Went elsewhere.
Of course, although Chen Hai's eyes on the three young people are only the cultivation base of the late Tongxuan realm, it is not surprising that whoever has a few extraordinary water seal talisman in his hands when he ran out this year. .
"This Xiongtai, what treasures have you found at the bottom of this lake?" The white-faced youth has deep eye sockets and narrow-eyed eagle noses. At a glance, he knows that he is a Qianghu. He stared at him with dark eyes and asked playfully. Tao.
Chen Hai has dived into the bottom of the lake for so long, it is easy to think of him diving into the bottom of the lake to find treasures-many Xuanxiu and Wuxiu travel the world often doing this, otherwise it is impossible to explain that Chen Hai will dive at the bottom of the lake for so long.
Chen Hai doesn’t mind people’s misunderstanding that he is a treasure hunter, but at this time he is dressed in a short-breasted dress, sticking to his body wet, spreading his hands, and beckoning him to come ashore half-naked, to find something at the bottom of the lake There is no place to hide treasures.
"Don't mind, can this brother come over and warm up with a glass of wine?" The man with beard raised his voice and invited Chen Haidao.
"Thank you, Chen Lin in Mengcheng, Tianshui County, has seen many elder brothers," Chen Hai walked over to Yili and introduced himself first, and said, "Zhang Xiong broke out in battle to seize the capital of the Ye family and drive the daughter of the Dong family. I don’t know Dong’s attitude at this time. I’m afraid that Dong would be arrested as a spy, so I didn’t dare to borrow from Hexi to Tianshui County easily. I was trapped in Cargill, Heiqiu and other cities these days, and only ran to Lucheng today. Come, see if there is a caravan going to Hexi"
Lucheng still chooses to be neutral at this time, and allows people to enter and exit relatively widely. However, if Chen Hai wants to listen to more information on his own, he also needs to fabricate a relatively reliable identity and contact the business travelers in Lucheng.
"Oh." The man with beard frowned. He didn't believe Chen Hai's words very much. He also showed it directly on his face. His attitude suddenly became cold and he seemed to regret inviting Chen Hai over to drink.
Chen Hai likes this man with a beard who is straight-eyed but not blind, but if he wants to enter the city today, it is really difficult to fabricate a flawless identity; it is the young man who is used to peacemaking. Feeling something suspicious about Chen Hai, he warmly invited him to sit down, poured a bowl of wine, and passed it over to introduce their identities.
The man with beard is named Miao Xiong, the white-faced young man is named He Chengzhang, and the peacemaker is named He Dechang. They are both from Changle City in the western part of the Pinglu Oasis. They are low-level military attachés of Changle City and were ordered to **** the Changle City Lord’s Mansion. The caravan went to Hexi and was also trapped in Lucheng at this time, unable to advance or retreat.
The seat of the city lord of Changle has been in the hands of the He family after the Yitian emperor’s western expedition. He Chengzhang and He Dechang should be the collateral children of He family. The He clan did not clearly stand up to say that he was rebellious, nor did he clearly support the Ye remnant clan. Like the few families who controlled Lucheng together, they were still neutral; therefore, Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, and He Dechang were born in Yanzhou. Chen Hai did not have much hostility.
However, after sitting down and drinking, Chen Hai could still feel Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, He Dechang and others. Although they didn’t mind doing business with Hexi, they even looked forward to the early opening of the business route that was interrupted by the rebellion and war. He has not forgotten the **** battle of twenty years ago, nor supported the Dong's transition to intervene in the affairs of Pinglu Oasis.
Even on issues such as Dong Ning's identity at this time and Ye's reintegration, Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang, and He Dechang all have different opinions and positions.
For the weak-tempered He Dechang, since Dong Ning has been married into the Western Qiang country, as the people of the Western Qiang country, they should agree with her as the young concubine and support the Ye family's restoration.
He Chengzhang looks indifferent, and hopes that when the Ye family and the Zhang family are fighting for the country, he can find a personal opportunity to rise up.
In the eyes of Miao Xiong, who has the most straightforward temperament, Dong Ning is just the puppet and chess piece of Dong's involvement in the Pinglu Oasis. The restoration of the country by the Dong's power will inevitably be further controlled by the Dong's. At that time, the Ye family could no longer be regarded as the royal family of the Western Qiang Kingdom, but Miao Xiong did not recognize the rebellious and usurped Zhang family.
From the standpoint of the people of the West Qiang country, Miao Xiong can be said to have extraordinary opinions and determination. If there are really not so many troubles in the West Qiang country, Miao Xiong’s future achievements should be far behind He Chengzhang. , He Dechang above.
Drinking wine and admiring the beautiful moonlight of Lukai Gorge. In the early morning, the three talents of Miao and He packed up and returned to Lucheng. He Dechang also invited Chen Hai to go with them to Lucheng; Chen Hai did not refuse, and walked down. Lu Kaixia saw that the old skinny black horse he had left at the foot of the mountain while climbing was still tied to the Populus tree by the pool.
Riding a horse from Heyuan to Lucheng for more than a hundred miles, the sky is bright, and the city gate is open and you can't help entering and leaving.
Although Lucheng is still neutral at this time, it has greatly strengthened its combat readiness compared to the past.
No matter where the business travelers in the Xixia Corridor start and end, Lucheng, located on the eastern edge of the Pinglu Oasis, is the stop point chosen by most business travelers, which highlights that Lucheng is not only a city. The status in the Pinglu Oasis is second only to the royal capital located on the north shore of the Pinglu Sea.
In addition to the development of business travel, the handicraft industry closely related to business travel in Lucheng is also extremely developed-this is also the second important factor that Chen Hai values Lucheng. The developed handicraft industry means that Lucheng has a large number of skilled craftsmen, artisans, and There are many handicraft workshops and workshops.
The number of residents in Lucheng City alone is as high as 70-80,000, which is much higher than that of a city dominated by animal husbandry and agricultural operations.
After the Yitian Emperor's Western Expedition, the Western Qiang Kingdom was restored, but the Ye family failed to reach out to Lucheng, and no family had monopolized Lucheng.
At this time, there are five relatively important clans in Lucheng, all of whom are in the Aperture Realm presided over the situation. It is the alliance of these five clans that controls Lucheng’s military, political, handicraft, and business affairs; even if it is the lord of the city, five The family takes turns to sit.
In the past, Lucheng had a total of 2,000 guards belonging to the City Lord’s Mansion. Therefore, Lucheng was extremely wealthy. In addition to recruiting strong soldiers from the city, it also recruited a large number of Wu Xiu who had cultivation skills throughout the Pinglu Oasis. Serving as a military attache~IndoMTL.com~Bingjia is also very sophisticated, making the Lucheng City Guards in more than 40 cities in the Pinglu Oasis, considered a not weak city lord mansion combat power.
Of course, the Lucheng Guards are ultimately in the hands of the children of the Five Clans of Lucheng.
Chen Hai took a closer look at the city walls and streets of Lucheng at this time, and suspected that Lucheng had expanded its armaments during this period, and the size of the city guards had more than doubled, at this time it should be more than 4,000.
Lucheng did not exclude the Yanzhou children from entering or leaving at this time. Chen Hai paid a tax with the guards of the city. After entering the city, he separated from Miao Xiong, He Chengzhang and He Dechang, saying that he went to find a place to live. , Went to an alley in the west of the city, knocked on the door of a courtyard, but saw that Qi Hanjiang opened the door and greeted Chen Hai in.
"Is it true, did you come here in person?"
Qi Hanjiang looked at Chen Hai's face slightly distorted for a while, then changed back to the original rough and unruly appearance, startled.
Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang, and Ge Tong did not serve as generals in the Jing Jue Army, and did not have the important task of commanding and ruling the army. Chen Hai wanted to use the strong to sneak into Lucheng to detect the situation and wait for opportunities. Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang, and Ge are more leisurely candidates.