Chapter 2232 Xiangshan City
Haifeng traveled from the desert to the border town, but failed to find the businessman who kidnapped Xiumia. After arriving at the nearest town, Hayate used his personal connections to inquire about the merchant's traces, and sure enough, he found out that three, Four hours ago, a caravan from Sabanta came to the town, but it had already left.
It was getting dark at this time. The four of them quickly replenished their food and water, rented four fast horses at the horse farm and chased east, hoping to stop them on the road. But after chasing him for several hours, he never saw the group of businessmen.
Silioqi said: "General caravans do not move very fast. With the speed at which we are catching up, we should have caught up. Don't they plan to rest at night and travel all night?"
Gao Feng suddenly slapped his forehead: "Oh, I forgot that there is a faster and more direct waterway to Xiangshan City. They can put the goods on the boat at once and go down the river directly into Xiangshan City!"
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The three of them stared at him somewhat complainingly.
Gate Feng said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I rarely used water to go to Xiangshan City. I forgot about it."
Silio said: "No wonder they left the town on their way in the evening. It turns out that they can Rest on the boat."
"Should we go to the river now?" Garland asked.
Gate Feng said: "If you want to trade along the way, it is better to take the land route. They should take the water route directly to Xiangshan City, and will not go to other cities to sell goods. The river is in the small town in the south, but they are rushing to go now It should have been shipped a long time ago.”
Garland said: "We chase across the river with our own guards, maybe we can catch up."
Silio and Bing Zhixie did not immediately agree with this plan, mainly because of the rush these days, everyone's The guards were very tired, otherwise they wouldn't have rented a horse farm in the town and hurried on their way.
Jiafeng said: "Chasing is not a good idea. I have a way to get to Xiangshan City faster." He pointed to the mountain road to the north: "The military leader at the Lanku camp over there is my buddy. He owes It's a big favor. I can let him start intercity teleportation and send people to the affiliated city not far from Xiangshan City. We can go directly to Xiangshan City and wait. Those merchants! "
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Xiangshan City is a big city among the sand kingdoms. It has magnificent red walls and golden domes. People look very small under the towering walls. A hundred meters in the sky, more than a dozen white hot air balloons were flying in and out. The buildings in the city were densely packed and extremely prosperous. Compared with the city of Yingdi Oasis, it is like the difference between a fly restaurant and a luxury restaurant.
It took Bing Zhixie two days to arrive outside Xiangshan City. He saw two teams of white-robed rangers roaring past under the city wall, each with more than a dozen people. Hundreds of merchants and vendors lined up outside the West City Gate, spreading blankets and setting up street stalls. There is no other reason. Foreign merchants selling outside the city do not need to collect 80% of the tax like in the city, but only need to pay 50%.
The four people rode horses to the city. The gate soldiers in front of the vaulted gate immediately stopped them for questioning. A large entrance tax was indispensable, and the items had to be inspected because they belonged to outsiders. The reason is to register your name and check your ID card.
Jiafeng said to them: "Xiangshan City is one of the main cities of the True Angel Sect. The sect's laws are extremely strict, Bing Zhixie, you must be careful."
Passing through the deep city Gate, the buildings in the city suddenly appeared, and there were countless spiers in front of them, as dense as a forest. This place may not be as grand as Thebys and Hindmore, but the houses and buildings are all built very high. It is definitely a great city in the desert.
Passing under the nearly 100-meter-high Qianmen Bridge, the strong wind led them deeper into the city, teleporting all the way back to the waterport in the southeast of the city. Generally, most of the merchants who come by water are distant merchants, but due to the catastrophe, the scale of long-distance caravans has dropped significantly in recent months, and the waterport that once had a lot of goods and busy people seemed a little deserted.
Gale found the foremen who were unloading goods at the three ports, called them outside the warehouse and said: "Help me pay attention to the Sabanta caravan that came here recently. They are not many in number, and among them is a woman with long green hair and green eyes. ." After that, he gave each of them two pure second-grade magic crystal coins. When the three foremen got this price, they knew how important the matter was, and their faces were all happy. One of them said: "You said that a group of Sabanta merchants came in the morning, and there were not many people."
Haifeng thought for a while and said: "Impossible, those people Probably not so fast. I saw green hair and green eyes. She's a young woman, she should be quite pretty."
The foreman shook his head and said, "I didn't see it, but I think it's a bit strange that they came by airship."
"Why is it weird?"
The foreman said: "When my men were unloading the goods, they found that the goods were all sugar, silk, tea, papbolan powder and crocodile skins. You know that businessmen are all profit-seeking. These are ordinary goods and should not be Rent an airship and send it here. Will they still make money?"
"Oh!" Bing Zhixie's nerves jumped, and Bing Zhixie and the others felt strange when they heard what he said. Moreover, the people who abducted Xiumiya were really flying in an airship. If there was a favorable wind, it would indeed be possible to reach Xiangshan City early.
The foreman sneered and said: "But, I don't have a list of goods. I don't know if there are valuable goods in it. I didn't see the green-haired woman you mentioned. Maybe I was too worried. "
Haifeng and the others had never seen those Sabanta merchants, so they couldn't ask carefully, so they had to ask: "Do you know where those merchants went?"
The foreman shook his head.
Gale Fengqi asked: "Don't you know? Don't you and your men like to chat a bit when you are unloading and loading goods?"
The foreman smiled again and said: "I remembered, This is the second strange thing about me. Usually the vendors will have something to eat at a nearby restaurant before leaving, but they left immediately after loading the goods and didn't talk much to my waiters. As for those commercial goods, you need to hurry up and use them slowly. Hurry, the tone is still so tight."
Garland stepped forward and whispered to Gale: "It is necessary to track down this caravan."
Gale nodded. The three foremen said: "If If there is another caravan I am looking for and I see a beautiful girl with green hair and green eyes, please pay more attention to me, and I will give you another bounty if there is news."
The three foremen will naturally. He happily agreed.
After leaving the water port, Bing Zhixie asked: "Gaofeng, you should know how to find those people, right?"
Gaofeng said: "They have goods, so of course they have to ship them. I used to sell them... I In the past, goods were often sold in Xiangshan City, although not always in person. "Zilai, the merchants know a little bit about it, but the small caravans don't have a lot of goods. There are a lot of merchants who can accept their goods, so it's a bit troublesome to find them..."
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(End of this chapter)