"Li Daoyuan, are you leading the right way?" The huge caravan of players, numbering more than fifty people, was walking on the official road with solid soil.
Li Daoyuan, known as a senior travel friend and wilderness survival expert, volunteered to serve as a guide.
It has been three days since the players set out from Guazhou. At the beginning, all the players were extremely excited and regarded this as a grand wild camping.
But soon, all players discovered that traveling far away in this era is really not a good choice.
The camels in the caravan are used to carry goods. Currently, except for a few rich first-test players, most players cannot afford horses.
Even if they can afford a horse, there are not many players who are proficient in riding skills. You must know that riding a horse is a very dangerous thing. In the era when special effects were not yet popular, there were often news about actors falling off horses and being injured.
So except for a few scout players riding horses, most players have to rely on the No. 11 bus to go to Guazhou.
It's still the first month of the year, and it's cold and windy in Longyou. Players are wearing thick clothes, carrying weapons and cargo, and walking on the muddy grass. This is really frustrating for the pampered players.
After finally reaching the official road, and finally no longer having to face the muddy grass, a blizzard suddenly started falling again.
For safety reasons, the team camped near the official road and waited until the blizzard passed before continuing their journey.
The originally smooth official road became muddy, and the melted snow and mud mixed together, making it more difficult to walk than grass.
Li Daoyuan, who was responsible for leading the way, became the target of players' anger. Along the way, he, a senior travel companion, was often ridiculed by other players.
Even though adventure stream players were having such a hard time walking, life stream players like Sun Jianguo complained even more. Sun Jianguo regretted it, why didn't he add more attributes to his stamina and fill it up when he returned?
Li Daoyuan took out the map, looked at the position of the sun carefully and said, "Stop barking! We'll be at the salt pond soon!"
Qin Chuan and other scouts on horseback gathered around him: "Yanchi? Isn't Yanchi not far from Sanwei Mountain?"
Li Daoyuan said: "Not far away, Yanchi is the salt field in Shazhou, and Sanwei Mountain is right behind the salt pond."
Qin Chuan showed an excited expression. Along the way, he was suffocating the adventure players!
Where are the robbers we promised? Where are the bandits we promised? How come we didn’t meet any of them!
Maybe the player's caravan is too large and ordinary bandits don't dare to attack it.
Adventure players who originally wanted to make a lot of money can only think about the bandits of Sanwei Mountain being able to help and give everyone some contribution points.
Jiang Lun stood next to Li Daoyuan and asked: "Are the salt ponds near Shazhou still producing salt?"
Li Daoyuan nodded and said: "The salt pond is a large salt water lake. In our era, the salt pond had long dried up, but in the Tang Dynasty, this salt pond supplied salt for millions of soldiers and civilians in Longyou."
Li Daoyuan said with a longing look: "I heard that the water in the salt pond is very blue, like a huge mirror that can reflect the entire sky. Standing in the salt pond is like standing in the sky!"
Seeing the scenery is the purpose of Li Daoyuan playing games. Obviously, the salt pond in Shazhou is also one of the attractions that Li Daoyuan checks in.
But Jiang Lun heard another thing, that is, the salt produced in Yanchi supplied the entire Longyou Road.
Salt was a more necessary commodity than iron in ancient times. If the salt fields in Shazhou could be controlled and the backward salt-making technology improved, then the Prince of Jianning would be able to have another golden rooster laying eggs.
At this time, Qin Chuan came over again and asked: "Brother Li, have you been to Sanwei Mountain?"
Qin Chuan was naturally asking about Sanwei Mountain in reality. Li Daoyuan nodded and said, "I have been there once, but Sanwei Mountain now is not interesting."
"Why?"
"Sanwei Mountain is said to have been visited by Buddha's light. It is now a religious holy place. All the mountains are filled with various Taoist temples and Buddhist temples. They are all newly built temples in modern times. They are all places to cheat money."
"What about in the game?"
"Now Sanwei Mountain was once a Buddhist holy place in Shazhou, but now it is in chaos. The top of the mountain is occupied by bandits who specialize in robbing passing merchants."
Qin Chuan asked doubtfully: "Sanwei Mountain is so close to Shazhou, so why does the Doulu Army not care about it?"
Li Daoyuan sighed and said: "The Doulu Army has also wiped out several times, but every time the army is dispatched, the bandits on the mountain will hide and wait until the officers and soldiers leave before coming out."
"Although this gang of bandits is the king of the mountain, they only seek money without harming their lives, that is, extorting tolls. Moreover, when they encounter the officers and soldiers, they retreat, so the governor of Shazhou does not make up his mind to eradicate them."
It seems that the bandits from Sanwei Mountain are not very strong, and they are just relying on the favorable location to earn some money from traveling.
A lot of adventure players are interested. If they can eliminate these bandits, they will definitely gain a lot of contribution points.
Qin Chuan took the lead and asked: "Approximately how many bandits are there in Sanwei Mountain?"
Before setting off, Li Daoyuan had spent a lot of money to get information from merchants from Shazhou.
Li Daoyuan said: "Sanwei Mountain is not a group of bandits. I heard that there are several villages. They usually do their own things, but when they encounter fat sheep, they will unite and act together. When the officers and soldiers go up the mountain to suppress the bandits, they will unite.
Wei Ling hid in a cave and was very cunning."
"Opposite Sanwei Mountain is the Dunhuang Grottoes. There are also many caves on Sanwei Mountain. It is very easy for bandits to hide."
After hearing about the Dunhuang Grottoes, many players became interested again.
With the current popularity of "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty", any video you record can become popular on the Internet. On short video websites such as Douyin, the popularity of "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty" is also quite high.
A few days ago, Cui Tao recorded a video discussing ancient poetry with Zhang Xian, the governor of Guazhou, and it also topped the list of hot searches. Netizens speculated that Zhang Xian in the game must be played by a knowledgeable history professor.
Yes, his understanding of poetry is so profound!
I don’t know if the production team has restored the Dunhuang Grottoes. If a video could be shot in the Dunhuang Grottoes, wouldn’t it be popular all over the Internet?
Qin Chuan and other adventure players are gearing up. If they can annihilate the bandits in Sanwei Mountain, they will not only gain a large number of contribution points, but also ensure the safety of the trade routes.
After the players finished resting, they bowed and loaded onto the camels, and the group trekked along the official road again.
Two days later, players suddenly discovered that a bright blue color broke into the originally desolate scenery.
Li Daoyuan quickly climbed up and took out a telescope with exquisite hand-polished crystal lenses. The mirror-like lake surface jumped into his eyes. The blue sky was reflected on the lake surface, and white clouds could be seen floating by.
"Brothers, the salt pond is here!"
Salt Pond! The players rushed up one after another, looked at the huge lake in front of them, and cheered excitedly!
We finally left the barren wasteland and came to a place where people live!