However, the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is still somewhat different.
The first time Jin Yang used his own flames to do this, he failed to control it well the first time and burned the wood directly to ashes. The second time it was better and burned into charcoal...
It wasn't until the third time that I managed the heat properly and only dried the wood.
Fortunately, there are many trees in the space, so there is no shortage of wood, and the wood they cut is not good, otherwise it would be distressing.
After the materials have been settled, it’s time to make them, which will test their skills.
I have bought tools in the city before, and there is also Qingyan's father's toolbox on the off-road vehicle, such as saws, hammers and pliers. Those of later generations are more useful.
After getting everything ready, they started making it according to the carriage of the first carriage. The carriage they bought was wider than that one and could be made larger.
There are no cabinets on either side of this, just a box on the back of the carriage to put things in. It's just a cover anyway.
There is no need for a stove, just one car will be enough. If someone is there, they can heat food and boil water there. There is no need to have two cars.
In this way, the interior of the carriage is much more spacious. Three people can sleep side by side without any problem. Of course, they have to be a little squeezed, so it won't be very spacious.
In this way, if it is inconvenient for them to enter the space and they have to sleep in the open, the three Chou Chou can sleep in the car, and Qingyan does not need to move.
A few of them work together in a division of labor, with Chou Chou and Qing Yan being the main ones. Among the few, they are the only ones who know how to do carpentry.
Jin Yang is responsible for cleaning the burrs on the wood with a flame, which is better than sandpaper.
Gold helps to carry or support the wood, and also provides some useful tools.
Yuan Bao was just joining in the fun, watching around Chou Chou for a while, and following Jin Yang for a while.
After two and a half days of hard work, a carriage that looks almost exactly the same as the previous carriage was released.
It’s not that they don’t know how to innovate, but this kind of carriage is more suitable for long-distance travel, is exquisite, practical and unobtrusive.
The front is extended out, which can block the horses in front. As long as it is not raining heavily or windy, the horses in light rain and snow will not get wet.
After finishing the carriage, Jin Yang and Chou Chou looked outside the space. The rain had almost stopped, leaving only a little drizzle.
This kind of weather is actually more annoying. Use an umbrella. It's not worth it. If you don't, it will get your clothes wet.
Now that both cars are ready, they don't have to worry about the rain.
He didn’t go out that day, and when he hit the road again, it was already the next morning.
They continued to walk southwest along the official road. When they passed a large city, they went in to take a look and buy some supplies. When walking on the mountain road, they went into the mountain to collect some small animals in the space to increase the diversity of species.
After walking for a few more days, they arrived at the Han River. Not far ahead was Xiangzhou City. After passing Xiangzhou City, they could either cross the river by boat or go around from the north.
If they took a detour, it would take a long way, and they would have to find a place to cross the river in the end, because they were going to the south of the river.
In this case, it is better to cross the river from here, which can save a long way.
They drove the carriage directly into the city and inquired about the time and location of the ferry. Knowing that there was no ferry today, they went to find an inn to stay.
Dinner was eaten in the hotel lobby. The food here was not to Qingyan's taste, so she ate two bowls of rice at once.
Chou Chou didn't eat less and ate all the food on the table. When the waiter came to clean up, he couldn't help but look at them several times.
The four of them ordered eight dishes and one soup, and each of them ordered two bowls of rice. It was quite a lot to eat.
Yuanbao didn't come out today. It has learned to master it now. It goes back to the space as soon as it enters the city and doesn't want to attract attention outside.
There is food in the space, so there is no need to worry about it being hungry.
After dinner, they went back to their room to rest. There would be a boat at midnight tomorrow morning. They went to bed early today and woke up early tomorrow. They still had time to wander around the city.
As a result, in the middle of the night, they were awakened by the sound of gongs outside.
Qingyan glanced at her watch, it was just 2:20 in the middle of the night.
The sound of the gong outside continued to sound, from near to far, and then from far to near again.
Someone was shouting, Qingyan listened carefully, it was bandits coming!
Although this city is not big, it is not small at all. There are also soldiers stationed in the city. I don’t know who the bandits are, but they dare to come and plunder the city!
Soon I heard a noise in the inn. The guests must have been woken up and walked to the corridor.
While Qingyan was putting on her clothes, she used her spiritual consciousness to look outside.
On the main street of the city, many strong men gathered together holding kitchen knives and sticks. There were government servants in front of them, heading towards the west gate.
It seems quite disciplined. This kind of thing should happen more than once or twice, otherwise these people would not react so quickly.
She passed the west city gate with her consciousness and looked outside, only to see many strong men densely surrounded outside!
Some were riding horses, some were walking, and there were several horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts behind them, which were already loaded with a lot of things. They looked very mixed, mostly valuable, including gold, silver, jade, and many more. Silk silk.
Qingyan frowned and looked further away. The farthest she could see was a village not far outside the city. It was full of crying and wailing villagers. The houses were in a mess, and some even the doors and windows were damaged. Crash.
The only good thing was that no one died. At most, he was injured and fell to the ground, being held and crying by his family.
The noise outside was getting louder and louder, and the sound in the inn was already chaotic.
Qingyan did not open the door and go out. Now the guests have packed their luggage and ran to the lobby to check out. Some guests who have been here are preparing to leave through other gates.
There are also many first-timers who are still confused, but the smarter ones are ready to go with those people.
The innkeeper didn't feel embarrassed. He just told everyone not to be anxious and come to check out one by one. He also said that there were officers and soldiers guarding the city outside and the bandits couldn't get in.
Qingyan used her spiritual consciousness to look at the situation outside the city. There were also the sparse officers and soldiers inside the city and on the city walls. Plus the number of strong men in the city who had volunteered to leave was equal to the number of bandits.
There are too few officers and soldiers in Xiangzhou City, less than a hundred. Of course, the other three city gates are also scattered, but those are too few.
Don't know what's going on.
"Dangdangdang~"
There was a knock at the door. Qingyan looked with her consciousness and saw that it was Chou Chou and the three of them.
Qingyan stepped forward and pulled out the latch, opened the door, "Come in quickly."
After the three of them entered the house, they closed the door again. Chou Chou saw that Qingyan's expression was as normal and he felt relieved knowing that she was not scared.
"I have seen the situation outside. There are many bandits surrounding the city. I roughly counted them, and there are as many as four to five hundred people.
I don't know what's going on in this city, but there are only two to three hundred officers and soldiers guarding the city. Plus those who go to help, they will be on par with the bandits.
But those bandits looked like they had experienced many battles, and these people were no match for them. "
Jin Yang was talking about what he had observed.
Qingyan already knew, and of course Chou Chou had also investigated it, but Jin Jin's spiritual consciousness couldn't see very far, so he didn't know much about it.
After hearing this, Huang Jin said with some uneasiness: "Could those people be bandits? I have encountered bandits before, and they always went to loot some villages and towns. They usually did not attack the city. After all, the city had defenders. He said that there is still a city wall blocking it, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It was still a troubled time, and many people couldn't survive and turned into bandits. Bandits were rampant in many places. But now that things have settled down, these bandits don't know where they came from, and they haven't been wiped out. "
Qingyan and Chou Chou looked at each other. They were also wondering about this. At this time, the court had stabilized and had enough power to eradicate banditry. However, the bandits here were still so rampant, which was indeed abnormal.
At this time, there was a knock on the door again. Chou Chou asked and knew it was the inn's waiter, so he stepped forward to open the door.
"Sir, our shopkeeper asked me to ask if you want to check out and leave. You can leave through the two northeastern gates. There are no bandits on either side."
Chou Chou shook his head, "No, we are going to the southwest. Let's wait today and see what the situation will be like tomorrow. It won't be too late to check out."
When the waiter got the definite answer, he bowed and left.
Qingyan: "The manager of this inn is quite nice. He even took the initiative to inform us of the direction to leave. Could it be that everyone has left and we are the only ones left?"
As he said that, he poked his consciousness out, and sure enough, the entire inn was empty. Except for the shopkeeper and the waiter, they were the only ones left.
Those people ran really fast. After a while, they had already checked out the room and left.
Huang Jin asked doubtfully: "Are we just going to stay in the inn? Why don't we go out and have a look?"
Qingyan shook her head, "What are you going out for? The road outside is in a mess, and many people are rushing to other city gates. We want to leave the city, and we won't leave. Wandering outside won't arouse suspicion."
Thinking about it, Huang Jin was the same. Anyway, except for him, the three of them in this industry could directly see the situation outside the city with their spiritual consciousness. It was the same everywhere.
They sat around the Eight Immortals table in Qingyan's room, taking out some dried meat snacks and fruits to eat as a midnight snack, while observing the situation outside the city.
Jin Yang knew that Huang Jin couldn't see it, so he would describe it to him from time to time.
There is a confrontation outside. The bandits have not launched an attack, and the officers, soldiers and people inside have not gone out to fight. It is still peaceful.
The people in the city, except for some passing outsiders who left at night, the locals did not leave. Except for a few strong men who went to support the defense of the city, everyone else was guarding at home with weapons.
However, although everyone's expressions were serious, they were not without fear and panic.
Chou Chou said that many wealthy families hid valuable things in the cellar. The entrance to the cellar was quite hidden, so they should have been prepared for it.
It also "heard" many people's discussions and learned that these bandits had appeared in the past two years and that their base camp was in the nearby mountains.
The local government had already reported it, but they would disappear when the troops were sent to suppress the bandits, and they would appear again as soon as the troops left.
In addition, these bandits only stole property and did not harm people's lives. If they did not resist fiercely, they would not even hurt people. The court was unable to make up its mind to search the mountains and suppress the bandits.
This kind of siege has happened twice. The first time the city was unprepared and they broke in. The people in the city were so frightened that they only robbed the shops and a few wealthy families on the main street and left. It didn't enter ordinary people's homes.
The second time, they discovered their traces in advance and closed the city gate. Many young men went to help guard the city gate. The bandits turned around and left when they saw that they couldn't get in.
This is already the third time, so the city people already have experience in dealing with them.
Qingyan said with some confusion: "If you put it this way, they should be the kind of bandits who only steal money but don't hurt anyone, and they focus on patronizing wealthy people.
But I just used my spiritual consciousness to look at a village in the south of the city. The houses in that village were looted and many people were injured. "
Chou Chou and Jin Yang also looked over with their spiritual senses, looked at the situation there, and frowned.
Jin Yang said: "Some people over there had their legs broken, some had their heads beaten, their food and money were looted, and the doors and windows of the house were damaged.
In this kind of weather, if the house is damaged and cannot be protected from wind and rain, it will undoubtedly be fatal. "
Chou Chou thought for a while and then said: "Something is wrong. I just looked at the faces of those people again. These people are different from what I just heard. Many of them carry human lives on their bodies. If they are not a group of people, then they are It was done on purpose before.”
Qingyan: "In order to paralyze the government? Or to paralyze the soldiers defending the city? This city is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is not an important traffic thoroughfare, let alone a frontier city. It can be completely bypassed by going to other places. What are they trying to do? What is their purpose?"
Huang Jin: "Could it be that they just want to enter this city? Their goal is this city? Or maybe there is something they want in this city."
Qingyan frowned, "Didn't you say that when the bus attack came in the first time, they didn't get what they wanted? They just robbed the money and left. If so, why do they come back again?"
Chou Chou: "I'll explore the underground of this city to see if there are any secret passages or treasure troves. If so, maybe that's why I came here."
Qingyan nodded. She was also doubting this. Maybe those people knew some secrets or got some treasure map.
Of course, this probability is not very high, after all, it cannot be justified in many places.
If there is a treasure map or something, they can disguise themselves and go into the city in batches. It is much more convenient to investigate quietly than to do so in a big way. It is totally unreasonable to do this.
It must be for other reasons. As for what it is, we need to study it carefully.
Chou Chou quickly finished exploring the city and said to them: "There are indeed tunnels in the city, but they have been in disrepair for a long time. Many of them have collapsed and been blocked, and some have no entrances or exits.
There are treasure hiding places, and they are all in the yards of some wealthy families. They should be hidden by others. The number is not very large, at least it is not worth the trouble and effort. "
