Chapter 286 Arriving at Fanyin City
After setting off from Kongqing Town, Lei Xiao and his group of eight people rushed straight towards Fanyin City, facing the scorching sun.
In order to avoid attracting attention, under Lei Xiao's instructions, the group of people chose mostly small paths that deviated from the main road.
Moreover, due to Knotweed's superior perception, even if they accidentally encounter other strong men on their way, the group can avoid them in time without any problems.
Currently, in the subordinate team, Lin, Fang Hai, and A Ling have all reached the peak level of the third level of nine stars.
Chaoyan and A Bing are at the third-level eight-star level, and even the ignorant Bai Wei has already entered the ranks of the third-level six-star senior experts.
Coupled with the fifth-level combat power ceiling of the tiger stick, this kind of strength configuration can be called a luxury lineup.
Because of this, compared with the high-speed movement of a group of people, even ordinary third-level powerhouses can only fall behind.
During the journey, Lei Xiao also learned more about Fanyin City.
First of all, this auction was organized by the city lord of Fanyin City and jointly organized by Fanyin City's local merchant trade fair, merchants' federation, mercenary guild and other major organizations.
It is undoubtedly a large-scale event for the surrounding area.
By then, not only will nobles and wealthy businessmen from nearby cities come upon hearing the news, but it is also likely that some other forces will appear, such as large mercenary groups, adventure groups, or independent knights, etc.
"These organizations that do not belong to the Leng Yan royal family also have strong people who like freedom. If I can make friends with some such forces, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the development of the territory."
In the blink of an eye, Lei Xiao, who tightly grasped the white hair on the back of Bai Wei's neck, felt the strong wind whistling in front of him and thought at the same time.
"Of course, the best way is to turn the leaders of these forces into my direct subordinates."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao lowered his body a little, and thought: "In addition, according to Lin, the Phytolacca Trade Fair here is quite peculiar. It is controlled by both the direct and collateral lines of the Phytolacca family. There are constant conflicts between the two.”
"Although this collateral line of the Phytolacca family is also suppressed by the direct line, it is relatively powerful and occupies a dominant position among the entire collateral line of the family."
"If I can win over the merchants, it will be almost equivalent to indirectly gaining the support of the entire Shangluc family. It will undoubtedly be of great help to support Lin in the future and ascend to the position of head of the Shangluc family. After all, these sidelines will Members of the direct line have been suppressed for a long time. ”
Realizing this, Lei Xiao couldn't help but look thoughtful as he looked at the scenery quickly passing by around him.
"It seems that we have to find a way to achieve this as soon as possible. The simplest and most direct way is to drive the direct forces out of Fanyin City first."
"Even if we are retaliated against in the future, with my huge financial resources behind us, the other party will not be able to make any trouble. After all, within the Shangluc family, there is a real war between the direct line and the collateral line."
"Of course, this doesn't work for me."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly, feeling a little stiff. He turned slightly sideways, changed to a comfortable position on the broad wolf's back, and continued to think.
"It seems that this trip to Fanyin City will be an interesting journey."
While Lei Xiao was thinking to himself.
Under the scorching sun, the outline of a large city gradually came into view.
"Okay, let's start walking normally."
Seeing the city in the distance, Lei Xiao nodded to the strong men surrounding him and ordered.
"Yes! Lord!"
The subordinates immediately stopped advancing and put on their illusion cloaks again.
As the group of people got closer, the appearance of the entire city began to become clearer.
I saw that the city wall of this city was almost the same as that of Gelin City, also at a height of five or six meters.
There are many arrow towers on it, flags are fluttering, and the soldiers' armor is shining, which looks like a very impressive defense force.
However, for Lei Xiao now, such a configuration can only be described as ordinary.
"At that time, when I went to Gelin City, my strength was still at the second level and five stars, and the territory was only a wooden wall more than two meters high."
"But now, not only have I reached the third-order and five-star level, but the territory has also been replaced by a city wall composed of a large number of stone fortresses up to ten meters high."
"The most important thing is that with the 3,000 garrison troops in Kongqing Town, the 3,000 garrison troops in Mailan Town, plus the werewolf clan, half-elf clan, and 8 directly subordinate second-tier squadrons, my strength has long been beyond what it is today. Better than ever.”
With emotion in his heart, Lei Xiao walked vigorously and arrived at the gate of the city.
The flow of people here has begun to become extremely dense, almost to the point of being crowded, and the bustle is very noisy.
Judging from the attire, they are basically businessmen driving carriages, various mercenaries guarding the surroundings, and ordinary civilians going in and out.
"It is worthy of being a trading city. Fanyin City is more than one level better than Kongqing Town in terms of the scale of merchants and the concentration of merchants. It seems that agriculture is also very developed. I don't know when it will be in my hands." ”
While pondering, Lei Xiao's dark eyes moved slightly, passing over the large green fields outside the city, looking left and right.
Needless to say, there are businessmen in gorgeous clothes and civilians in simple commoners.
I saw these mercenaries coming and going, just like Kongqing Town, they were still dressed in a variety of messy costumes, but their strength was obviously better.
Not only were there many second-level elite personnel, but Lei Xiao, whose perception was becoming more and more impressive, even discovered several strong third-level mercenaries.
"In the process of coming here, there are indeed many areas where monsters and bandits are rampant on the road, either in mountains or dense forests. This is probably why the mercenary industry is prosperous."
Lei Xiao motioned to the subordinates around him to move further towards the crowded city gate while continuing to observe.
In addition to a large number of merchants, mercenaries and civilians, there was also the neighing of horses.
Among the crowds of people coming and going, there are occasionally extremely exquisite and gorgeous carriages passing by, surrounded by elite escorts in neat armor.
These gorgeous closed carriages are all printed with various shiny noble coats of arms, which undoubtedly illustrates the noble status of their owners.
As for the sky, there was also a constant roar. Airships of different shapes were slowly flying towards the city in an orderly manner, and then landed with a crash.
This scene caused the people around to exclaim in surprise from time to time.
During this period, when some large airships passed by, there were well-informed businessmen who directly called out the name of the family whose coat of arms was on it, which aroused even more amazement.
"Look! That is the coat of arms of the Aoga family. It is said that the second son of the head of the family, Marquis Suoyang, has just successfully married a direct daughter of a certain grand ducal family in the royal capital!"
"Isn't that the emblem of the Xuansen family? It is said that their great elder has just broken through the shackles and entered the level of a fourth-level powerhouse, and was directly awarded the title of earl by the royal family!"
"It is indeed the latest airship. The lines are so beautiful. The price of one is probably 100,000 gold dragons, right? You can just let me touch it!"
Listening to the exclamations around him, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and murmured to himself: "It's a bit interesting. These airships that civilians can never afford to ride on are also high-end people participating in the auction. Noble?”
"I have to say that this event is really getting more and more anticipated."
While thinking of this, Lei Xiao had already entered the gate of Fanyin City. (End of chapter)