NOVEL NEXT Chapter 31 Huang Guo and the Aristocratic Family
Zhang Lu led the people to slowly touch it. He didn't know whether the other party was an enemy or a friend, and he didn't know whether the fighting on his side had been discovered. He and others had been walking for a whole day, and they were already quite far away from the territory. Even though we are far away, we are not afraid of being discovered.
The distance to the smoke was getting closer and closer, and the view became wider and wider. They were almost out of the forest.
"That's the caravan from the Huang Kingdom." Ishikawa stood behind the trees and reported to Zhang Lu in a low voice after seeing the caravan camped in front of him.
Zhang Lu could see a total of more than twenty men sitting next to the bonfire, and a few others were scattered around on guard. Those men had a circle of yellow patterns on their arms, and a strange dagger was embroidered on their chests. Next to it were several carts full of goods.
"Who's there! Come out!" Among the caravans, a person who seemed to be the leader shouted. The natural strength of being able to pass through the forest was not too bad, and he easily discovered the location of Zhang Lu and others.
"A fourth-level professional?" Zhang Lu frowned. He dared to come here naturally because of the existence of earth magic. He can escape with earth magic at any time, but he still has to try his best to save the people behind him, and follow the caravan. It's safer to walk.
"Good evening everyone, our home was destroyed by a monster. Can we go to other villages with you?" Zhang Lu saw that he had been exposed and walked out from behind the tree.
"Two lords." The leader frowned and saw the identities of Zhang Lu and Ying Tian. As a fourth-level professional, he would not dare to risk killing the lords, but he also knew how tempting the lords were to monsters. They are bigger and more dangerous if you take them with you.
"You are not welcome here, stay away from our camp."
"Wait a minute."
Before the leader could finish speaking, a young man wearing a fancy dress interrupted him.
"Welcome to come with us, my friend, my name is Wen Wan, and this is the caravan of the Wen Family Chamber of Commerce." He stretched out a hand, and he could see that Zhang Lu was the leader, and shook hands with Zhang Lu .
"But Master." The caravan leader wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by the young man with a wave of his hand. The person in front of him was his boss's son, so he could only step aside.
"I just heard you say that both of your territories were destroyed by monsters? I feel sorry for that, but we have traveled this trade route many times. At least we can take you to the next village safely."
"Thank you so much, brother Wenwan." Zhang Lu made a gesture of gratitude in this world and led people closer to the bonfire, but he had actually been preparing to use the earth magic.
"That." A girl next to Zhang Lu looked at Zhang Lu and had something to say.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Lu looked back at her, not knowing what she wanted to do.
"Well, can I ask them a few questions?" She was considered Zhang Lu's subordinate for the time being, and she still had to ask Zhang Lu's opinion when asking questions from other forces.
"Of course." Zhang Lu made a please gesture. He thought the girl wanted to say something, but it turned out that she just wanted to ask questions. He was not a tyrant, and he would not be upset if his subordinates asked a few questions.
"Hello, may I ask, can your caravan go to Tanyang City later?"
"Of course, our destination is over there." Wen Wan nodded. Their final destination on this trip was Tan Yang City.
"Then can I go there with your caravan?"
Wen Wan glanced at Zhang Lu, and then said: "It doesn't matter, it's just more than one person, but you may have to ride in a truck. We don't have a special carriage."
"But these two lords, on behalf of the Wen Family Chamber of Commerce, I invite these two lords to join our chamber of commerce. Of course, we will help you rebuild your territory and help you develop."
"Really?!" Ying Tian felt happy. He was still worried about how to regain the territory. If there was an indigenous force willing to help him, then things would become much easier.
However, Wen Wan's real target was actually Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu shook his head, "I'm used to being free, so it's not convenient for me to join you."
What does Wen Wan mean? Of course he knows that in this world, although the indigenous people also have their own countries, judging from the precedents in other regions, in the end these indigenous countries will be defeated and annexed by the territories established by the lords.
Because in the face of territories with various blessings, the more the aboriginal countries were in a stalemate, the more unable they were to succeed, so some people later took another path.
That is to support one or even several lords, and then control their territory behind the scenes, linking resources to the economy and people's livelihood of their territory, so that once the territory gets out of its control, it will immediately collapse due to insufficient supply of food and other resources.
Obviously, this writer also wanted to compete in the world and wanted to control Zhang Lu and Ying Tian to participate in this hegemonic show.
However, Zhang Lu was different from Ying Tian. Everything in his territory was prosperous and there was no need for such assistance. It would be very uncomfortable to be suppressed after it developed.
Ying Tian, on the other hand, found it difficult to survive. In this situation, he had no choice. The conditions for regaining the territory were harsh. If no one helped him, it would be almost impossible to achieve it in his current situation where he didn't even have a soldier.
"Then we can have other cooperations." Wen Wan showed his trademark smile, giving people a feeling of affability, which made Ying Tian very grateful. He sat a little closer and started chatting with Wen Wan.
Zhang Lu led others to clear an open space near the chamber of commerce and lit a fire again, and also arranged for himself, Tu Xingsun and Ishikawa to take turns keeping watch.
"Ishikawa, do you know anything about Huang Guo?"
"Lord, this Huang Kingdom is not too far away from us, and the internal forces of Huang Kingdom are chaotic. The emperor's power has been eclipsed by several powerful ministers and families, and the people are exploited and miserable."
"Troubled times!" Zhang Lu understood immediately, "Troubled times also provide opportunities. No wonder the Wen family has been eager to find a controlling lord so early."
Seeing that Zhang Lu deliberately kept a distance from them, Wen Wan did not force it, but became even more enthusiastic about Yingtian.
In this way, the two parties spent the night peacefully, and maintained a very strange tacit understanding during the next day. Both parties kept a certain distance and moved forward.
After walking for about half a day, large green farmland began to appear in front of them, which meant that they had come into contact with a human village.
On the other side, in the fairyland, several residents were standing on top of the city wall to look out.
"Hey, look what that is!" One of them shook his companion's arm and rubbed his eyes to make sure he saw it correctly.
"What!" The other man was still joking with the others, and the smile on his lips did not dissipate, but when he saw the direction of his companion's finger, his smile immediately solidified.
"Clang clang clang!"
The next second, the gong representing enemy attack was sounded.