Chapter 642 The storm is coming to the Blackstone clans lair
A few days later.
The capital of the Blackstone Clan.
It was a magnificent building hollowed out of a black mountain and built on the mountain. There were white snow-capped mountains and dark stone buildings next to each other. It was majestic and majestic.
It gives people a majestic and holy atmosphere.
Outside the black mountains, there are Tianhu Lakes formed by the melted water of several snow-capped mountains. Here are the tallest peaks in the world, the Karakoram Pass that is difficult for humans to climb, but also the rarest river valleys and freshwater lakes on the plateau desert.
, the endless green cultivated fields can be seen at a glance.
This is already an area very close to the Karakoram Pass.
Those cultivated fields are full of highland barley, and the ripening season of highland barley is about to come. There are many naked serfs in the fields doing farm work for the noble landowners living in Black Rock City, striving for another good harvest this year.
Let the noble gentlemen be more merciful when they are happy and reward them with more food.
I don’t know what has happened in recent years. No matter what you plant in the ground, it is easy to have a bumper harvest. There have been bumper harvests of highland barley for several years in a row. Some people say that this is because there are spirits in the ground, but the top leaders of the Blackstone family say that it is the gods and Buddhas.
Favoring the Blackstone clan, the serfs should be happy to have masters like them enjoying their food, but the whips they hit on the serfs became even heavier.
Because human nature is greedy, once there is a good harvest of food, the nobles want to get more, and even more squeeze these serfs to grow food, medicinal materials, herd and raise horses for them.
These can be exchanged for the silkiest silk brocades from the Han Empire next door, for the strong tea that the nobles and big landowners love to drink, for the shining gold that Buddha loves most, and for the ability to wage wars with other tribes.
More iron tools, machetes, bows and arrows from the territory were exchanged for food, drink and entertainment that were not available on the plateau, and in exchange for the shining gold that the Buddhas loved most...
Every spring, summer and autumn, there are more Han Chinese faces on the plateau, such as tea merchants, horse merchants, salt merchants, ironware merchants and so on.
It is summer now, the snow mountains have melted, roads have reopened, and here is Blackstone City, the most prosperous capital of the Blackstone clan. There are even more Han merchants gathered here. Every day, a large number of merchants come here to barter, and then
Before another heavy snow closed the mountains, they returned with Kangding Kingdom's rarest furs, crocodiles, cordyceps, matsutake mushrooms, precious medicinal materials, gold, good horses and other items.
It can be said that when the snowy mountains melt in summer, it is the most prosperous time for business exchanges between the two places.
However, in the past few days, the Han merchants, merchants from the Western Regions, merchants from Tianzhu, merchants from the ancient Persian Empire and other foreign merchants who came to Blackstone City to trade were all very nervous and clearly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere of the Blackstone clan recently.
The interrogation became more stringent along the way. The locals all had serious faces and said nothing. They had made a fuss about the miracles in the West Kunlun Snow Mountains some time in advance. No matter how they inquired about the Blackstone clan, they never mentioned it.
There were even many foreign businessmen who were imprisoned by the Blackstone Clan's patrol team on trumped-up charges. These foreign businessmen all had one thing in common, that is, they all inquired about the Blackstone Clan's affairs in the West Kunlun Mountains.
And after arresting several groups and killing several groups of people to serve as a warning, no one asked for any information related to the West Kunlun Mountains anymore.
However, there is a saying among the Han people that "nothing should be blocked", and there is also a saying that "it is better to protect people's mouths than to keep water out".
The more you don't let people know, the more curious people will be to inquire through various channels.
As more and more foreign merchants came from all over the world to trade, more and more news came from the Tianshen Clan, the Golden Clan, the descendants of the Divine Monkey and other tribes. Through private gatherings, these merchants finally figured out what was going on in West Kunlun.
What happened to the mountain?
The masters sent by the Blackstone clan to the West Kunlun Mountains to dig up the miracles of the ancient ancestors were completely destroyed! Including the top brass, Black Vajra Dorje, the number one warrior of the Blackstone clan, were all destroyed deep in the Kunlun Snow Mountains!
Only a few remnants remained outside the mountain, and they fled back in embarrassment overnight!
But compared to this news, there is another news that is even more shocking! Not only the Blackstone family but also the Qiu Sheng family were wiped out!
Businessmen from various countries began to worry that the atmosphere in Blackstone was tense. Is this a sign that a storm is coming?
Could it be that the annihilation of the Blackstone and Qiusheng families was related to several other plateau tribes? Are the five plateau tribes preparing to go to war?
As the days passed, the dark clouds of war hung heavier on everyone's heads. Businessmen from all over the country gathered together and began to discuss whether to stay or leave. Once they were involved in several major tribal wars, they would die in the war if they were implicated.
The most unacceptable thing for them is to be trapped in the city for a year and a half without being able to leave, having their business go bankrupt, and being taken advantage of by competitors.
In fact, as time went by, not only these merchants with keen sense of smell smelled a different atmosphere in the air, but also the locals living in the city and the unresponsive serfs also smelled the weirdness in the air.
Everyone felt that something big was about to happen and became panicked. This is people's instinctive reaction when facing unknown dangers.
Suddenly, groups of soldiers from the Blackstone clan took to the streets and posted notices, wanting to arrest several people.
At the same time, the Blackstone City guards took several parchment scrolls with portraits on them, found these foreign businessmen, and asked them who had seen the people in the portraits. Those who provided information would be rewarded generously.
The person wanted by the Blackstone clan is suddenly the Han Taoist Jin An! The old Taoist priest! Mr. Yiyun! And Qi Bo! Perhaps it is because Jin An left the deepest impression on people, and all the details of Jin An have been fully described
, people notice Jin An at first sight!
The businessmen all shook their heads and said they didn't know Jin An, except for the caravan tea merchants where Zhao Jinchuan and others were!
Zhao Jinchuan and others were horrified when they saw that the Blackstone clan wanted to arrest Taoist Priest Jin'an, whom they had met in Kunlun Snow Mountain. Fortunately, these businessmen were all fine people, and they had been dealing with various people all year round.
Practice showing your face without changing your expression.
As soon as the Blackstone Clan's city guards left, all the caravan tea merchants began to feel insecure, with sad faces: "Why do these Blackstone Clan want to arrest Taoist Jin'an and the others? Will they involve us?"
"Yes, I'm very panicked now. Otherwise, we can't do this business. Let's leave the Blackstone clan's territory as soon as possible. We don't want the fine horses and gems that the Blackstone clan is rich in. We can also buy winter grass and summer grass from other tribes in Tubo.
Herbs and other medicinal materials.”
Zhao Jinchuan looked solemn and thought deeply: "Why are you panic? If we leave now, wouldn't we tell these Tibetan people that there is something wrong in our hearts? Maybe we will be arrested as soon as we go out."
"Taoist Priest Jin'an and the others finally entered the Kunlun Snow Mountains, and the five major tribes on the plateau also entered the Kunlun Snow Mountains. It seems that the annihilation of the Blackstone clan and the Qiusheng family is probably related to Taoist Priest Jin'an and the others. I
When Lao Zhao first saw Taoist Master Jin An, he felt that these people were all capable people."
Someone said with a sad face: "Old Zhao, it's now this time, you should stop bragging a little bit, and think about how we can escape from the city next."
Just when these people were looking worried about how to escape, there was suddenly a bigger commotion outside the city. The entire Blackstone clan was tense, and a solemn and murderous aura enveloped the entire city.
Zhao Jinchuan, who understands the Tibetan language, heard a sentence: "Han Taoist priests appeared outside the city!"