The ancients had a good saying, "The chariot overturned before the victory was achieved, causing the hero to shed tears …"
Ren Baqian felt that this saying was very true. The ancients were very powerful and always made sense.
This was the situation he was in now.
Before he could even travel 500 meters out of the city, the chariot overturned, and Ren Baqian was covered in grass juice. The two stupid oxen were still eating grass indifferently.
If he didn't have to rely on them as a means of transportation, he would have eaten beef tonight.
Lin Qiaole climbed out of the chariot with sleepy eyes. She turned her head and looked around before asking in confusion, "How did the chariot overturn?"
"Don't talk. Lift the chariot back to the road first," Ren Baqian said helplessly.
Lin Qiaole lifted the chariot with one hand, and Ren Baqian dragged the two fork-horned cows back to the road before continuing.
"When are we having dinner?"
"You eat when you wake up and sleep when you are full. Why don't you take a look at how fat you are?" Ren Baqian said disdainfully.
That being said, Lin Qiaole wasn't fat at all. Not only was she not fat, but she was also very thin and weak. She didn't look like other experts who were full of vigor and heroic. No one could tell that she was actually an expert.
"It doesn't matter if you're fat …" Lin Qiaole said indifferently as she rubbed her chest.
"What are you doing?" Ren Baqian was amused by her actions. That flat chest of hers was the same regardless of whether she rubbed it or not.
Lin Qiaole looked down and said confidently, "This is called stepping on breasts. I have it in my memory, and it seems to work."
"You need talent to step on breasts. Without you, what else can you step on?" Ren Baqian stabbed her in the heart.
"If I step on it for another 50 years, I will definitely be able to step on it …" Lin Qiaole wasn't discouraged at all.
Ren Baqian was speechless.
Your way of calculating time might be different from the average person …
"When are you going to be an adult?" Ren Baqian felt a headache when he thought about how she was still underage at the age of 40 or 50. This kind of inhuman lifespan was really enviable.
"It should be about 50 years …"
A lifespan that made people envious and jealous …
If he sent her to the laboratory, he didn't know if she could be developed to extend her lifespan. He would try to get a bottle of blood next time …
…
Not long after the two of them walked forward, the road began to descend. After making a turn, they arrived at a winding mountain road. From their current position to the flat ground at the bottom, there was a distance of seven to eight hundred meters. In the distance, there was an endless wilderness, a dense forest, and a city within their field of vision.
That was today's destination, the first city after entering Tianjing Basin, Longshou City. Behind Longshou City was a winding mountain range.
It was said that there was an earth dragon in Tianjing Basin that was coiled up. The dragon's head was facing the outside of Tianjing Basin as if it was going to soar into the sky and pounce toward the north.
The saying that obtaining Tianjing Basin was equivalent to obtaining the world wasn't unrelated to this earth dragon.
Longshou City was located at the head of this Earth Dragon.
Of course, this was what the Hao Nation said. The aboriginals did not pay attention to this.
There was a checkpoint at both ends of the winding mountain road. Once these two checkpoints were blocked, more than ten million remnant citizens of the Hao Nation would be locked in Tianjing Basin.
Ren Baqian took out his clearance token, and the checkpoint was naturally opened.
After exiting the checkpoint, there was an endless plain in front of them. A dirt road extended from the checkpoint all the way to the city in the distance, which was almost invisible at this time.
At this time, there were many ox carts coming and going on this road. They were caravans going to and fro Gu City, and Ren Baqian and Lin Qiaole weren't conspicuous among them.
If there was anything worth noticing, it would be that the other carts going from Gu City to Longshou City were filled with all kinds of goods, while their cart was empty.
From the marks left by the wheels and the sound of the ox cart driving on the road, it could be seen that it was empty.
Therefore, Ren Baqian didn't try to chat with the merchants next to him as it would be too easy for them to detect something suspicious.
Therefore, his attention was focused on the large tracts of farmland on both sides of the road, as well as the farmers who were working in the farmland.
Ren Baqian noticed that the farming tools used by the farmers were almost all made of stone with wooden handles attached to the ends.
Just like outside, a kitchen knife could be regarded as a family heirloom. Iron farming tools were too extravagant for the aboriginals and the remnant citizens of the Hao Nation.
The remnant citizens of the Hao Nation that Ren Baqian met previously were mostly merchants. Even though their statuses weren't high, they weren't considered poor, either.
However, Ren Baqian could see a lot of things from these farmers.
At the very least, the living conditions of these remnant citizens of the Hao Nation probably weren't very good.
Even though these farmers weren't sallow and emaciated, their clothes could be said to be ragged, and their clothes were full of puddings of various sizes.
The most important thing was the vitality of these farmers, which gave people the feeling that they were walking corpses and had no vitality at all.
"Sure enough, you have to see it with your own eyes to know," Ren Baqian said softly.
"There's a red lollipop in your bag. Give me one. I haven't eaten that before, and I have to eat it with my own mouth to know …" Lin Qiaole immediately followed up with his words.
"Be careful of tooth decay." Ren Baqian took out a handful of lollipops from his pocket. Lin Qiaole's eyes widened.
"Here's a red one." Ren Baqian took one out and threw it to Lin Qiaole.
"Stingy." Lin Qiaole watched as Ren Baqian put away that handful of lollipops and almost stretched out her claws to scratch him.
Lin Qiaole carefully tore off the wrapper of the lollipop and neatly folded it before putting it in her pocket. She had been collecting these things recently.
"By the way, what are you doing here?" She finally remembered to ask about the purpose of her visit.
"I'm here to check on their situation and see how to make them behave," Ren Baqian said as he pointed to the farmers in the farmland.
"Did they provoke you? I will help you beat them up. Just give me a piece of lollipop for each person I beat up, "Lin Qiaole said in astonishment.
"The next time we start a war with Great Xia, can I just let you out?" Ren Baqian turned his head to look at this cheap expert and felt like he was closing the door and releasing a dog.
"I can't beat an army," Lin Qiaole immediately replied. If she were to barge into an army, she might not be able to escape.
Even though Great Xia couldn't withstand a single blow from the aboriginals, it was because they had the winged cavalry, which had thousands of Earth Wheel experts.
If it was just her, she would probably be torn apart by others.
"We can only bully the farmers. Is there a need for you?" Ren Baqian squinted his eyes and said with disdain.
"That's true." Lin Qiaole was still thin-skinned. After thinking about it, she felt that what Ren Baqian said made sense and didn't mention it again.
When it was close to evening, the two of them finally arrived at Longshou City along the dirt road.
While Ren Baqian was waiting for the inspection, he carefully sized up the guards at the lower city gate. They were dressed in leather armor, were generally thin, and had long swords hanging from their waists.
Before coming here, he already knew that these swords were all bone swords.
"Let's see what's in the carriage!" When it was their turn, one of the guards came to open the curtain. When he saw that there was only one box inside, his eyes lit up.
Normally, when one returned from Gu City, it would be filled with all kinds of items.
Since there was only one box, it meant that the items inside were valuable. His heart immediately lit up.
"Open the box."
Ren Baqian stuffed a handful of silver fragments into his hand. "If it's really opened, you won't be able to get these."
The guards of Longshou City were very greedy. After all, there were only trade caravans coming and going, and there was only one route. Even if those merchants had complaints, they had no choice but to pass through here. Naturally, the guards would unscrupulously plunder the riches.
Ren Baqian already knew about this before coming here, so he wasn't surprised.
Ren Baqian's words made the expression on the guard's face freeze. Just like what Ren Baqian said, if there were valuable items in the carriage, even if he asked for more money, they wouldn't belong to him. It was better to accept while he was ahead.
This handful of silver fragments was equivalent to a month's worth of riches.
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