Gale went from the desert to the border town, but failed to find the businessman who kidnapped Xiumiya. After arriving at the nearest town, Gale used his personal connections to inquire about the businessman's traces. Sure enough, he found out that three or four hours ago, there was a Sabanta army.
The caravan came to the town but had already left.
By this time, it was getting dark. The four of them quickly replenished their food and water, rented four fast horses at the horse farm and chased eastward, hoping to stop them on the road. However, they chased for several hours and never saw the group.
merchant.
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!"
The three of them stared at him somewhat complainingly.
Gale 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. They could rest on the boat."
"Shall we rush to the river now or what?" Garland asked.
Gale Wind 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 if they rush there now, they should have shipped the ship long ago.
.”
Garland said: "We can catch up with him if we chase him across the river on our own guard."
Silio and Bing Zhixie did not immediately agree to this plan, mainly because everyone was very tired from the rush these days, otherwise they would not have rented a horse stable in the town and rushed on their way.
Gale said: "It's not a good idea to chase after you. I have a way to get to Xiangshan City faster." He pointed to the mountain road to the north: "The military leader of the Lanku camp over there is my buddy, and he owes me a big favor. I
You can ask him to start intercity teleportation and send people to an affiliated city not too far from Xiangshan City. Let’s go directly to Xiangshan City to wait for those merchants!”
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Xiangshan City is a large city among the countries in the sand region. It has magnificent red city walls and golden domes. People look very small under the towering city walls. In the sky hundreds of meters away, a dozen white hot air balloons are flying in and out.
, the buildings in the city are densely dotted 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. Under the city wall, two teams of white-robed rangers with a dozen people each ran past with a roar. Hundreds of merchants and vendors lined up outside the west city gate.
, spread out carpets and set up street stalls. There is no other reason. Foreign merchants selling outside the city do not need to collect 80% tax like in the city, but only need to pay 50% tax.
The four people rode horses to the city. The city gate soldiers in front of the vaulted gate immediately stopped them for interrogation. A large amount of tax for entering the city was indispensable. They also had to undergo inspection of their belongings. Because they were outsiders, they had to register their names.
View ID card.
Jialfeng 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 should be careful."
After passing through the deep city gate, the buildings in the city suddenly appear. There are countless spiers in front of you, as dense as a forest. It may not be as grand as Thebys and Hindmore, but the houses and buildings are all built very high. In the desert
It is definitely a great city.
After walking under the nearly 100-meter-high Qianmen Bridge, the strong wind led them deep into the city, teleporting all the way back to the water port in the southeast of the city. Generally, most of the merchants who came by water were distant merchants, but due to the natural disaster
The reason is that the scale of long-distance caravans has dropped significantly in recent months, and the waterport, which once had a lot of goods and was busy with people, seems 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 saying 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 all three of them were happy. One of them said: "You said that the Sabanta merchants came in a group this morning, and there were not many people."
Gale thought for a while and said: "Impossible, those people shouldn't be so fast. Have you seen a woman with green hair and green eyes? She is young and should be quite beautiful."
The foreman shook his head and said, "I didn't see it. But they came by airship, which I think is a bit strange."
"Why is it weird?"
The foreman said: "When my men were unloading the goods, they found that the goods were all sugar, silk, tea, Pabolan powder and crocodile skins. You know that businessmen are all profit-seeking. These are ordinary goods and should not be
If we rent an airship and deliver it here, will they still make money?"
"Oh!" Gale's nerves jumped, and Bing Zhixie and the other three felt strange when they heard what he said. Moreover, the people who kidnapped Xiumiya were really flying in an airship. If there was a favorable wind, it would indeed be possible to arrive at Xiangshan City early.
The foreman sneered and said: "But, I don't have a list of goods. I don't know if there are any valuable goods in it. I didn't see the green-haired woman you mentioned. Maybe I was too worried."
Gale and the others had never seen those Sabanta merchants, so they couldn't ask them carefully, so they had to ask: "Do you know where those merchants went?"
The foreman shook his head.
Gale Feng 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: "Now that I think about it, this is the second strange thing I think. Usually vendors will have something to eat at a nearby restaurant before leaving after unloading, but they left immediately after loading the goods into the truck.
I didn’t talk much to my servants either. Do you think it’s necessary to hurry up and hurry up with those goods? They’re still so tight-lipped.”
Garland stepped forward and whispered to Gale: "It is necessary to track down this caravan."
Gale nodded and said to the three foremen: "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. If there is news, I will give you another sum."
Bounty.”
The three foremen naturally agreed happily.
After leaving Shuigang, Bing Zhixie asked: "Gaofeng, you should know how to find those people, right?"
Gale Feng said: "If they have goods, they naturally have to ship them. I used to sell them... In the past, I often sold goods in Xiangshan City. Although I didn't come in person every time, the merchants knew something about it. But the goods of small caravans
There aren’t many. There are a lot of merchants that can accept their goods, so it’s a bit troublesome to find them..."