Wang Qi and his party got their mounts ready and set out on the road again, feeling much more relaxed.
The Eight Diamonds have high attributes, so if you plan your nutrition well, running hundreds of kilometers every day for half a month is not a big problem, but the combination of running and having heavy-armored guards is always a bit awkward. Running like a dead dog every day is not conducive to being ready at any time. Assign tasks.
It's much more convenient to have a mount, and Bai Xiaojiao can feel a little more comfortable.
In the following days, the average daily moving distance of the team was about 80 kilometers. The team could not pick up the speed, which was still affected by the slow performance of the horse breeder and the guarantor.
According to Wang Qi's plan, six horses were eventually assigned to the four entourage.
These horses are just wage earners, and they are not considered good horses. If they are allowed to move one or two hundred kilometers a day, they will die in less than three days. Even if the moving distance is within a hundred kilometers, sometimes they need to change horses to recover. Physical fitness.
This means that the entire team has to bear the feed costs of 12 horses!
...I can’t calculate it carefully, but it’s basically equivalent to the consumption of Bai Xiaojiao.
The group was on the road, sometimes hunting and eating grass on the spot, and from time to time they had to go into towns.
The places where you can hunt around the town are either covered by local hunters, or they are the private lands of big shots. So when you get to town, you have to pay for twelve horses and Bai Xiaojiao's food.
No matter how expensive the horse is, it can only eat hay in non-horse farms and pastures. At most, some plant seeds with a certain oil content such as beans can be added, and the black devil horse will only eat more.
Bai Xiaojiao only eats fruits and meat.
Strictly speaking, brown bears are typical omnivorous creatures. They can also chew grass seeds and eat bugs. They will not even refuse semi-corrupted food when they are extremely hungry. This is also their basic source of energy to maintain life in the month or two after they wake up from hibernation. , but Bai Xiaojiao has never eaten that thing since he was picked up by Wang Qi. Over the past few decades, he only drank sugar water for a while before the Wangting tree developed, but he also drank a certain amount of nuts, which was considered the worst period for him to eat. .
When you come to the main world, you can just eat nuts. Without the support of the sacred tree, those things will be much more expensive than fresh fruits, but whether they are fresh fruits or meat, compared with hay and beans, they are still luxury foods.
In addition, local productivity has not developed, there is a lack of fertilizer support for industrial production, and the supply of fresh fruits is extremely limited. In a week, I only encountered one city where fresh fruits were cheaper than meat.
Although Wang Qi brought some money, he was still very economical and would eat whatever was cheap.
After wandering on the road for eight days, on the ninth day we arrived at the first stop of the journey, Huguang City, the capital of the Thunder Kingdom.
Wang Qi did not come to see the capital, but to visit the Guangming Church diocese in Huguang City.
The plan was to visit the dioceses on the road, but the information provided by Yazi from the Chamber of Commerce was not very smooth. Based on Huguang City, the dioceses of the Guangming Church are mainly distributed in the northeast and north, and to go to the Fountain of Youth, you have to go northwest. On the border, if you go north, you will have to detour for more than ten days before you can get back to the planned route.
So take a step back and look at the newly established diocese, and after visiting the Fountain of Youth, see if you can go back before it closes. If not, go to the Diocese of Huihui Light Church.
Huguang City is very large, with a population of more than 1.5 million, but in detail, it is actually two cities.
The structure is somewhat similar to Pangxun in the north and south. Huguang City is adjacent to the large lake and has two areas, the north and the south. The southern area is the old city, now called Xiahu City, which is also the seat of the new diocese of the Guangming Church. The capital Huguang is on the north bank.
"The population is counted together, maybe because it's close? If you have time, you can go to Xinhu Pier and have a look." The accompanying guarantor of the chamber of commerce helped introduce, and turned to confirm with his companion, "That's the name."
"Why do I remember it's called New Taipei Pier?"
"...Anyway, I got a new word. Sir, do you want me to ask?"
Wang Qi nodded: "I'll trouble you then."
"It's not trouble, it's not trouble." If you have reward money, how can work be troublesome? If you don't have money, it's trouble.
For the four accompanying people, this mission had different experiences.
From the perspective of the two horse breeders, since the Black Devil horse sat with six guards, the workload was slightly reduced, but it was still considered a rush.
If you work, your time will increase, and it can be used as a trip to increase your knowledge. Moreover, accompanying important people will also allow you to experience a superior perspective that you cannot usually come into contact with.
For the guarantor, it was a surprise.
The main task of the guarantor position is to coordinate business with various chambers of commerce. This is not the first time that the two guarantors have accompanied important figures on business trips.
Although this gentleman is not particularly generous, he is low-key and kind, and the two of them do things without being angry or humiliated. In addition, if they are asked to run errands, they will definitely be rewarded. It is a bit strange to accumulate some silver dice along the way, but it does not matter. I am working in the Chamber of Commerce, which is directly equivalent to money. It is even more expensive than ordinary silver ingots because of its exquisite production technology. Could be worth more.
[In view of the general environment,
As for the discrepancy between being low-key and swaggering around on a bear-shaped monster...that's just a personal opinion.
Whether a person is high-profile or not, people will have different perspectives from different angles.
In the eyes of most people who saw this group of people for the first time, this battle was undoubtedly for show. But if you follow them in the team and observe their words and deeds, you will find that they are actually very low-key and mysterious. They basically don't talk about their identity and purpose. They always discuss daily news and insights that even ordinary people want to hear.
The guarantor has met many people. Judging from the subtle strength of the guards and their daily attitude towards the two adults who seem to be husband and wife, the background is not small. I am afraid that even the Marquis and Count are not able to stop. In comparison, the current The ceremony is really low-key.
The guarantor inquired about the port area and confirmed that it was neither Xinhu Terminal nor New Taipei Terminal, but Rizhao Terminal!
The name has nothing to do with what the two guarantors said before, so it would be a waste of words to talk about similar things, so it is appropriate to pay some hard work.
The main reason is that among the Eight Diamonds, only Natasha has learned some magic by herself, but she has not learned the language general knowledge for exploration. As the "leaders", Wang Qi and Li Xiang have to arrange language general knowledge for their "little brothers", which is really a bit awkward. It looks good, so their job is simply to show off and use their hands when necessary.
The group walked through the streets and alleys, arranged accommodation near the pier in the afternoon, and placed the horses. They left the horse breeder and two of the Eight King Kongs to take care of the horses and Bai Xiaojiao, and headed to Rizhao Pier for a visit.
The name Rizhao Pier is already very vivid. It mainly refers to the east-west distribution of the city along the lake. This pier is very prominent, forming a half-moon-shaped lake curve on the left and right. Especially the east side is unobstructed, and there is only a line of terrain shadow on the horizon except water. , the first ray of sunrise will shine on the pier.
The guarantor mentioned Rizhao Pier to prove that the entire lake is the same city in common sense.
In terms of distance, the distance between Rizhao Pier and the ferry terminal on the other side is less than four kilometers. Connect the two piers. There is an island downstream on the right hand side of the middle of the lake. The pier above is no more than 500 meters away from the connection.
Wang Qi carefully observed the island in the lake. Not surprisingly, the architectural form was either rich or expensive. Judging from the location of high-end residential areas, the two sides of the strait should indeed be a single urban concept.
On the visible surface of the lake, there are several aquaculture areas scattered near the shore. According to the vendors selling snacks on the pier, there are fish and clam farms.
